Suddenly Sixty And Other Shocks of Later Life

Name: Suddenly Sixty And Other Shocks of Later Life
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ISBN: 9780684867632

ISBN-10: 068486763X

ISBN-13: 9780684867632

Edition: 2000

Authors: Judith Viorst, Laurie Rosenwald

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From the bestselling author of Forever Fifty comes a new collection of poems that tickle, console, and offer the pleasure of instant recognition -- the perfect book for any woman anywhere in the vicinity of sixty. Judith Viorst's "decade" books of verse -- including It's Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty, How Did I Get to Be Forty, and Forever Fifty -- have delighted millions of readers worldwide who relish her wit, warmth, and wisdom. Now here she is with Suddenly Sixty, a funny and touching book that speaks directly to the sixty-ish woman, inviting her to laugh about, sigh over, and come to hopeful terms with the complex issues of this decade of life. Among the poems in this charmingly…

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List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 10/4/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 80
Size: 6.00" wide x 7.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Judith Viorst was born in Newark, New Jersey on February 2, 1931. She graduated from Rutgers University (1952) and the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute (1981). She has written extensively, her works include children's books, collections of poetry, lyrics to musicals, several works of fiction, and a cookbook. She has won a Silver Pencil award (for The Tenth Good Thing About Barney) and an Emmy (for poems used in an Anne Bancroft TV special).



Suddenly Sixty


It's Harder to Be Frisky Over Sixty


The Blissful Couple


The New Alphabet


Old Friends


Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep


A Modest Proposal


A Whole Other Stage


A Brief History of Marriage


In the Beginning


After a While


To Be Continued


More on Marriage


So My Husband and I Decided to Take a Car Trip Through New England


A Very Very Brief History of Marriage


In Response to a Request for an Apology


Anniversary Dinner


About His Retirement


A Wedding Sonnet for the Next Generation


The Children and Grandchildren


Just a Few Words of Advice, Just a Few Helpful Hints


Did I Do Something Wrong?


Our Wonderful Annual Full-Fledged Family Vacation


When I Watch


Being a Grandparent Is the Best Revenge


The Sweetest of Nights and the Finest of Days


Other Shocks


When Asked If I Thought That I'd Finally Got It Together


Late Love


To a Husband Who, After Forty-two Years, Dumped My Wonderful Friend for a Much Younger Woman


Cemeteries and Other Plots


A Thoroughly Modern Sixty


Mortal Question


Just Lucky I Guess


If Only