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Title: If I Live to Be 100: Lessons from the Centenarians by Neenah Ellis ISBN: 0-609-60842-8 Publisher: Crown Publishers Pub. Date: 24 September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Inspiring stories
Comment: I work in healthcare; specifically with geriatric patient's, so this book was of great interest to me when I heard it was coming out. Neenah Ellis worked for NPR News in the past, and this was the other reason I wanted to read this book. It's basically a compilation of stories about 100 year olds, their lives, and what makes them "tick". Overall, I really enjoyed this book and Ms. Ellis' writing style. But, I was hoping for a bit more of "how" these people got to be 100. What was their secret for longevity? She was able to ascertain this from some of the centenarians, but not everyone. I also thought she covered a wide variety of individuals, from a very funny lesbian to a conservative Christian. Still, it was an inspiring read that gives anyone hope for life after retirment.
Rating: 4
Summary: Longevity
Comment: Ellis produced a program for National Public Radio for which she interviewed people who were a hundred years old or older. She interviewed a wide variety including Margaret Rawson (a world-renowned expert on dyslexia), Ruth Ellis (the oldest living lesbian), Sadie and Gilbert Hill (married for over eighty years). At first, Ellis is focussed on the historical aspects of their lives, but soon finds herself on a personal journey of her own, where she connects to them as individuals alive in the world and begins to see how looking forward, not backward, is a secret to longevity, as is living in the here and now. More of a story of Ellis herself than the centenarians she met, "If I Live to Be 100" is a surprisingly luminous memoir that charms the reader and opens the mind to what it means to be really alive.
Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting, but a bit misleading.
Comment: Based on the title, I was truly expecting to read the "wisdom of the ages." Unfortunately, other than a few snippets and a couple of generalizations, the majority of this book is centered on the frustrations of obtaining the knowledge being sought and the process by which the author was able to acquire some patience with the elderly. To the author's credit, she mentions that this is how the book will transpire early on. To the author's discredit, she never changed the title appropriately. Kudos to the power of marketing and a lesson for those considering this title, "Read the reviews."
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Title: Age Doesn't Matter Unless You're a Cheese by Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras ISBN: 0761125183 Publisher: Workman Publishing Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Desiderata: Words For Life by Max Ehrmann, Marc Tauss ISBN: 0439372933 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: On Being 100: 31 Centenarians Share Their Extraordinary Lives and Wisdom by Liane Enkelis ISBN: 0761528288 Publisher: Prima Publishing Pub. Date: 28 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Old Dogs Remembered by Bud Johns, Eugene O'Neill, James Thurber, E.B. White, Molly Ivins, Tom Steinstra, John Updike, Stanley Bing, Albert Payson Terhune, Raymond Carver ISBN: 0912184124 Publisher: Synergistic Publications Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: A Dog's Life by Peter Mayle, Edward Koren ISBN: 0679762671 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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