About Time: Growing Old Disgracefully - Brossura

Kurtz, Irma

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0719569869 ISBN 13: 9780719569869

Casa editrice: John Murray Pubs Ltd, 2010

Riassunto

In this frank, often funny, and always compelling disquisition on aging, Irma Kurtz sets out to chart the territory through her own and others' experiences. Along the way she meets a diverse group of people whose insights into their own lives have much to offer a younger generation?from a 90-year-old weekly columnist and a vicar still working in his mid-70s to The Good Granny Guide's Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall and 'London’s Rudest Landlord' Normal Balon of the celebrated Coach and Horses. Kurtz is a fearless investigator of the art of growing old?its pleasures and its griefs?carrying with her the only tool that sharpens with age: lifelong curiosity.

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'Irma Kurtz, a veteran journalist, writer and London resident since 1970, is not going gently into that good night of the Third Age ... she tells not only her own story but has also drafted the likes of super-granny Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, the mouthy publican Norman Balon ... to say what, besides cheerfulness and bloody-mindedness, keeps them going. Excelsior!' (Iain Finlayson, The Times)

'This is by no means a mean-spirited rant -- it's a clever deconstruction of everything that has mattered to her and to most of us -- friendship, family, the struggle to improve, to look good, be well liked -- seen from her feisty, hard-fought outpost' (Kerry Fowler, Good Housekeeping)

'Her memoir veers between beady anecdote and a ruminative melancholy ... she is wonderful on the unexpected gains of old age ... a valuable contribution to the emerging literature of the third age' (Guardian)

'Kurtz brings humour to the subject ... Kurtz intersperses her own experiences with messages from people whose insights add much to the book's values ... and the way she captures their voices is as impressive as the way she preserves her own' (Diana Athill, Mail on Sunday)

'Be warned, Kurtz refusing to take getting old quietly is just the beginning' (Sunday Times)

'She successfully demolishes common notions of an enfeebled generation, while also celebrating the easily recognisable benefits: grandchildren, cruises, lifelong friendships ... a cheerful and animated guide to what the French elegantly term 'the third age"' (Time Out)

'An intriguing account ... all is interspersed with the fascinating musings of aged acquaintances ... this is an informative, albeit gently paced, read about the joys and misfortunes of growing oold, enlivened by Kurtz's sharp wit and insight' (She Magazine)

'Irma Kurtz is thoughtful and funny' (Choice Magazine)

'Witty and compassionate look at aging' (Bookseller)

'All the energy, maturity, wisdom and humour of Irma Kurtz ... these dozen inspiring interviews are spark-full of the instinct for survival and waymarked with strategies for living with the dignity and desires we take with us into the adventures of the Third Age' (Saga Magazine)

L'autore:

Irma Kurtz has contributed to virtually every national paper and is a frequent broadcaster on radio and TV. She worked for the first Cosmopolitan in London.

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• Editore: John Murray Pubs Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0719569869
• ISBN 13: 9780719569869
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 264