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Bakewell, Joan

 
9780349013930: The Tick of Two Clocks: A Tale of Moving On
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ISBN 10: 0349013934 ISBN 13: 9780349013930
Casa editrice: Virago Press Ltd, 2021

Sinossi

From the acclaimed broadcaster, a story of moving on, a tale of downsizing and the essentials of a good old age.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Joan Bakewell has had a fifty year career in broadcasting and is still at it. Born in Stockport, graduated in Cambridge, she has published an autobiography, The Centre of the Bed, and two novels: All the Nice Girls and She's Leaving Home. She has two children, six grandchildren, and sits in the House of Lords as a Labour Peer. She lives in North London.

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Old age is no longer a blip in the calendar, just a few declining years before the end. Old age is now a major, important part of life. It should command as much thought as teenagers give to exam results and young people contemplating a future life together.

I am in my 80s and moving towards the end of my life. In a literal sense I have moved from my home of fifty odd years into another . . . the home where I will live out my days. Writing here of how it happened is both a reconciliation of what cannot be avoided, and a confrontation with the inevitable.

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Joan Bakewell, broadcaster, author, Labour Peer and former champion of older people, decided to deal with what she calls 'the next slice of life'.

Disposing of things accumulated during a long life, saying goodbye to her home and memories of over fifty years, thinking about the significance of downsizing . . . all suddenly became urgent and emotional tasks. There was also practical planning to do: the layout and design of a new and smaller space, getting rid of the overflow of books, paintings, mementos. It all took resolve and courage.

Joan Bakewell uses the tale of her own life to reflect on the story of our times and how she is learning to live to the Tick of Two Clocks, the old and the new.

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Editore
Virago Press Ltd
Data di pubblicazione
2021
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0349013934
ISBN 13 
9780349013930
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
192
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