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Chargement... Forever Fifty (1989)par Judith Viorst
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. The poetry that ages along with the reader who started out with Judith at 20. She makes life's realities less heart wrenching with a twist of humour and bite of truth. ( ) loved this book! I laughed out loud and it also brought tears to my eyes because most of these poems are so true to life. Yes, it is about getting older but it's about celebrating that fact rather than lamenting it. My favorite is "Before I Go" and I hope that we all can feel as she does in the last section: Before I go, I'd like to make things better. I'd like to be told I've been more of a joy than a pain. And I'd like those I love to know that they are the ones, if I could do it again, I'd do it with. I'd like to do it again before I go. I'm not a great poetry lover or frequent reader of poetry. However, I have always found Ms. Viorst's poetry to be excellent for capturing the realities of life. I loved this book and immediately bought two more copies to give to my girlfriends who turned fifty the same year I did. I'm almost looking forward to turning sixty so I can buy Suddenly Sixty. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Judith Viorst is known and loved by readers of all ages, for children's books such as Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; nonfiction titles, including the bestseller Necessary Losses; and her collections of humorous poetry, which make perfect gifts for birthdays, Mother's Day, graduation, Christmas, Chanukah, or at any time of year. Now Judith Viorst looks at what it's like to be (gulp) fifty. Writing with the warmth and authenticity that have become her trademarks, Viorst once again demonstrates her uncanny ability to transform our daily realities into poems that make us laugh with recognition. Whether her subject is the decline of the body ("It's hard to be devil-may-care/When there are pleats in your derrière") or future aspirations ("Before I go, I'd like to have high cheekbones./I'd like to talk less like New Jersey, and more like Claire Bloom"), she always speaks directly to our condition. Her funny, compassionate poems shed a reassuring light on the fine art of aging, and will delight anyone who is now (or forever) fifty. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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