- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: Fig Tree (Oct 27 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1905490526
- ISBN-13: 978-1905490523
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.4 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 281 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #622,359 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Product Description
Twenty hilarious and poignant pieces on the joys of becoming ancient
Virginia Ironside is now actually sixty—well, sixty-five if she's honest—and she can't see what all the fuss was about. She's thrilled to be old.
Growing ancient is not a loss but a gain. You're more confident, and if your memory's going, at least you forget the bad times. And isn't now the time to take lots of drugs, not just all the ones you've been prescribed by the doctor?
There's nothing more fun than comparing your various ailments with other oldies ('I take so many fish oils I'm thinking of joining an aquarium'), plus indulging in new oldie pursuits, researching one's past or (Virginia's preference) just mooching about.
From Funerals ('So much more fun than weddings') to Grandchildren ('The reward for not killing your children') to the White Slave Trade ('No longer a threat'), from Being a Bore ('You're in your anecdotage, so nobody can complain') to Sex ('I don't know about you, but I've had enough sex to last me a lifetime'), Virginia Ironside tackles all the issues that face today's elegant and distinguished oldies with optimism and enthusiasm—and makes you want to cheer!
Virginia Ironside is now actually sixty—well, sixty-five if she's honest—and she can't see what all the fuss was about. She's thrilled to be old.
Growing ancient is not a loss but a gain. You're more confident, and if your memory's going, at least you forget the bad times. And isn't now the time to take lots of drugs, not just all the ones you've been prescribed by the doctor?
There's nothing more fun than comparing your various ailments with other oldies ('I take so many fish oils I'm thinking of joining an aquarium'), plus indulging in new oldie pursuits, researching one's past or (Virginia's preference) just mooching about.
From Funerals ('So much more fun than weddings') to Grandchildren ('The reward for not killing your children') to the White Slave Trade ('No longer a threat'), from Being a Bore ('You're in your anecdotage, so nobody can complain') to Sex ('I don't know about you, but I've had enough sex to last me a lifetime'), Virginia Ironside tackles all the issues that face today's elegant and distinguished oldies with optimism and enthusiasm—and makes you want to cheer!
About the Author
Virginia Ironside is a journalist, agony aunt and author. She has one son and two grandsons.
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