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Title: |
You Look Good for Your Age |
| Sub-title: |
An Anthology |
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| Edited by: |
Rona Altrows |
| ISBN10-13: |
1772125326 : 9781772125320 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
228x133x15mm |
| Pages: |
312 |
| Weight: |
.200 Kg. |
| Published: |
University of Alberta Press - May 2021 |
| List Price: |
20.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
| Subjects: |
Anthologies (non-poetry) : Canada |
| â I returned to the same respiratory therapist for my annual checkup. I told her that her words to me, â You look good for your age,â had inspired a book. â Wow!â she said. â You wrote a whole book about that?â â Twenty-nine kick-ass writers wrote it,â I said. She gave me a thumbs up.â From the Preface This is a book about women and ageism. There are twenty-nine contributing writers, ranging in age from their forties to their nineties. Through essays, short stories, and poetry, they share their distinct opinions, impressions, and speculations on aging and ageism and their own growth as people. In these thoughtful, fierce, and funny works, the writers show their belief in women and the aging process. Contributors: Rona Altrows, Debbie Bateman, Moni Brar, Maureen Bush, Sharon Butala, Jane Cawthorne, Joan Crate, Dora Dueck, Cecelia Frey, Ariel Gordon, Elizabeth Greene, Vivian Hansen, Joyce Harries, Elizabeth Haynes, Paula E. Kirman, Joy Kogawa, Laurie MacFayden, JoAnn McCaig, Wendy McGrath, E.D. Morin, Lisa Murphy Lamb, Lorri Neilsen Glenn, Olyn Ozbick, Roberta Rees, Julie Sedivy, Madelaine Shaw-Wong, Anne Sorbie, Aritha van Herk, Laura Wershler |
| Table of Contents: |
| xi Preface xv Acknowledgements Insight 3 The Fixable (Nonfiction), SHARON BUTALA 13 Fearing (Nonfiction), ARIEL GORDON 25 Who Counts the Years? (Nonfiction), MAUREEN BUSH 29 Intent to Forgive (Nonfiction), JOY KOGAWA 33 A barn swallow relative to objects and places (Poetry), WENDY MCGRATH 35 the petals in me (Poetry), LAURIE MACFAYDEN Elders 39 Listen (Fiction), ANNE SORBIE 47 Back to the Garden (Nonfiction), ELIZABETH HAYNES 55 Upriver (Nonfiction), ROBERTA REES 73 Help Fund Pam's Vital Medical Procedure (Fiction), OLYN OZBICK 93 Sundowning (Fiction), DEBBIE BATEMAN 107 Perfect Purple Rose (Poetry), ELIZABETH GREENE Body 113 you will be amazed (Poetry), LAURIE MACFAYDEN 115 Mastery of the Instrument (Nonfiction), JOANN MCCAIG 127 Body Composition (Nonfiction), WENDY MCGRATH 133 The Roxy Project (Fiction), CECELIA FREY 145 Rarification (Nonfiction), VIVIAN HANSEN Love 155 The Art of the Scarf (Fiction), DEBBIE BATEMAN 171 She Will Drive (Fiction), LISA MURPHY LAMB 189 One More Minute (Poetry), JOAN CRATE 191 The Shave (Fiction), RONA ALTROWS Timelines 201 Telescoping (Nonfiction), JULIE SEDIVY 211 Rajiana (Poetry), MONI BRAR 215 Aging in Three-Year Increments (Nonfiction), LAURA WERSHLER 227 Lilly's Funeral (Fiction), MADELAINE SHAW-WONG 237 How I Got Old (Nonfiction), DORA DUECK 245 Adult Tween (Nonfiction), PAULA E. KIRMAN 253 Shuffle (Nonfiction), JANE CAWTHORNE 257 She shops at the Sally Ann and Value Village (Poetry), JOAN CRATE Enough! 261 Part of the Furniture (Nonfiction), ARITHA VAN HERK 271 Kissing Kismet Goodbye (Poetry), MONI BRAR 273 Lookin' Back (Nonfiction), LORRI NEILSEN GLENN 277 Well Preserved (Nonfiction), E. D. MORIN 281 One More Word (Poetry), JOYCE HARRIES 285 Notes 287 Contributors |
| Reviews: |
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# 9 on Alberta Bestsellers list, May 30, 2021
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# 1 on Calgary Herald Bestsellers list, June 5, 2021
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# 8 on Alberta Bestsellers list, June 6, 2021
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# 2 on Calgary Herald Bestsellers list, June 12, 2021
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# 9 on Calgary Herald Bestsellers list, June 20, 2021
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