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Unexpectedly Eighty: And Other Adaptations
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Unexpectedly Eighty: And Other Adaptations Hardback - 2010

by Judith Viorst

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The newest in Viorst's decades series highlights funny, touching, and true poems about being 80.

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Judith Viorst returns with more poems in her "Decades" poetry series detailing the highs and lows of being an octogenarian. Continuing the comedic insight from I'm Too Young to be Seventy, these verses of memories and advice from eighty years of love, marriage, and grandchildren are sure to bring laughs.

What does it mean to be eighty? In her wise and playful poems, Judith Viorst discusses love, friendship, grand parenthood, and all the particular marvels--and otherwise--of this extraordinary decade. She describes the wonder of seeing the world with new eyes--not because of revelation but because of a successful cataract operation. She promises not to gently fade away, and not to drive after daylight's faded away either. She explains how she's gotten to be a "three-desserts" grandmother ("Just don't tell your mom!"), shares how memory failure can keep you married, and enumerates her hopes for the afterlife (which she doesn't believe in, but if it does exist, her sister-in-law better not be there with her).

As Viorst gleefully attests, eighty is not too old to dream, to flirt, to drink, and to dance. It's also not too late to give up being cheap or to take up with a younger man of seventy-eight. Zesty, hopeful, and full of the pleasures of living, Viorst's poems speak to her legions of readers, who recognize themselves in her knowing observations, in her touching reflections, and in her joyful affirmations. Funny, moving, inspirational, and true--the newest in Judith Viorst's beloved "decades" series extols the virtues, victories, frustrations, and joys of life.

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  • Title Unexpectedly Eighty: And Other Adaptations
  • Author Judith Viorst
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 80
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, NY
  • Publication date 2010-10-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781439190296 / 1439190291
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.6 x 6.3 x 0.4 in (19.30 x 16.00 x 1.02 cm)
  • Themes
    • Generational Orientation: Elderly/Aged
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Category Humor
  • Library of Congress subjects Aging
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010004199
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.54

About the author

Judith Viorst is the author of the beloved Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, which has sold some four million copies; the Lulu books, including Lulu and the Brontosaurus; the New York Times bestseller Necessary Losses; four musicals; and poetry for children and adults. Her most recent books of poetry include What Are You Glad About? What Are You Mad About? and Nearing Ninety. She lives in Washington, DC.
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