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Nearing Ninety : And Other Comedies of Late Life by Judith Viorst (2019, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-101501197088
ISBN-139781501197086
eBay Product ID (ePID)18038622509
Product Key Features
Book TitleNearing Ninety : and Other Comedies of Late Life
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicTopic / Men, Women & Relationships, Form / Limericks & Verse, American / General
Publication Year2019
IllustratorYes
GenrePoetry, Humor
AuthorJudith Viorst
Book SeriesJudith Viorst's Decades Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length7.5 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2018-041924
ReviewsJudith Viorst has always been the Magellan of Advancing Age, the Dr. Spock for Seniors, the doyenne of graceful depredation. Like all her previous 'decade' books, Viorst's Nearing Ninety illuminates my generation's ever-shrinking future with wisdom, grit, and laughter., I have loved Judith Viorst for as long as I can remember. What a smart, charming, original and funny writer. Nearing Ninety is just lovely, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, often touching, always wise and real., [Viorst] has been chronicling her own life stages since she was in her 30s with arch and witty poetry collections. . . . Ms. Viorst is terrific on the evolution and contortions of sexual desire; like Nora Ephron she also nails the quotidian.
SynopsisThe newest illustrated poetry collection in beloved author Judith Viorst's "decade" series (from It's Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty to Unexpectedly Eighty ), exploring, with her signature savvy and humor, what it means to be an impending nonagenarian. In Nearing Ninety , bestselling author Judith Viorst candidly shares the complicated joys and everyday tribulations that await us at the age of ninety, all with a large dose of humor and an understanding that nothing--well, almost nothing--in life should be taken too seriously. While she struggles to make it to midnight on New Year's Eve, while she's starting to hear more eulogies than symphonies, while she'll forever be disheartened by what she weighs (and forever unable to stop weighing herself), there is plenty to cherish at ninety: hanging out with the people she loves. Playing a relentless game of Scrabble. And still sleeping tush-to-tush with the same man to whom she's been married for sixty years. Accompanied by Laura Gibson's whimsical illustrations, Nearing Ninety's amusing and touching reflections make this collection relatable to readers of all ages. With the wisdom and spunk of someone who's seen it all, Viorst gently reminds us that everybody gets old, and that the best medicine at any age is laughter.
LC Classification NumberPS3572.I6A6 2019
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- Mar 07, 2020
Worth buying the whole series
I love all of Judith Viorst's book for each decade. She has a wonderful sense of humor. I hope she lives long enough to publish one called "100 at last"Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Aug 28, 2019
Wit and Warmth
I have read (and own) all of Judith Viorst's "decade" books of poetry, and she continues to write with often touching concepts and wonderful wit and depth, too. I highly recommend this book as a wonderful addition to her ouevre.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Mar 25, 2023
Always appropriate for the age
J. Viorst's humor is always great as she writes about the major birthdays = 30, 40, etc. thru 90. Never a disappointment. Makes a great gift for friends of the particular age.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Nov 27, 2023
Nearing 90 poems
Wonderful and amusing advice from a wise and long-lived woman writer.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Mar 03, 2020
It's a really swell book.
It's a really swell book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
