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Title: Getting over Getting Older: An Intimate Journey by Letty Cottin Pogrebin ISBN: 0-425-15793-8 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: May, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I laughed till I cried
Comment: This book was like talking with a close friend. I thank Letty for being honest, sensitive and very funny. If you are 50 it's a must read...I bought 6 copies to give to friends!
Rating: 2
Summary: Superficial
Comment: Maybe I didn't enjoy this so much because I am only 45 and, therefore, a good 15 years younger than the author. That makes us of different generations making her personal anecdotes difficult to relate to. In addition, I don't have a great career, I'm not married, I don't live in a large metropolitan & cosmopolitan area, I don't have a group of fabulous girlfriends to drink wine and compare stories with, and I don't have kids (and likely never will) so again, I found a lot to not bond about with the author.
The opening chapter, however, was wonderful and had me howling in my chair. I hoped that fun would be maintained throughout the book. Instead, I felt the book spent too much time talking about superficial aspects of aging like eating right, exercising, and keeping your mind alert by trying new things (well, duh!). She also completely overlooks the more spiritual aspects of mortality in favor of political discussions about women in society (important but not what I'm needing right now). There was a rather graphic description of a breast bioposy which was riveting (the author holds nothing back there and thank you for that) Maybe in another five years I'll connect better instead of finding this to read very much like an irritating upbeat "how-to-be a glowing senior citizen article" out of Good Housekeeping Magazine. For now, I'd recommend Awakening at Midlife by Kathleen Brehony.
Rating: 5
Summary: Funny, poignant, reassuring--all at the same time!
Comment: A must-read for those 49 1/2 and--sorry--older.
My sister (55) recommended it to me (52) after I noticed that some men I had dated were starting to die in their 50's. I landed on Pogrebin's
reassuring comment that death isn't a factor of
aging but a factor of life with relief and
recognition. She approaches the good, the bad,
and the ugly (and what her grownup daughters label
even as disgusting) with humor and the sense
of sisterhood and community that are her hallmark.
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Title: Three Daughters by Letty Cottin Pogrebin ISBN: 0142003484 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Deborah, Golda, and Me by Letty Pogrebin ISBN: 0385425120 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 14 September, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Juicy Tomatoes: Plain Truths, Dumb Lies, and Sisterly Advice About Life After 50 by Susan Swartz ISBN: 1572242175 Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Pub. Date: 30 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Seven Blessings: A Novel by Ruchama King ISBN: 0312309155 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 13 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Last Gift of Time by Carolyn G. Heilbrun ISBN: 0345422953 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 07 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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