The Big Five-Oh!: Fearing, Facing, and Fighting Fifty
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Book Overview
Bill Geist's hilarious book describes his personal struggle with the awful aging process and with the monumental milestone called the Big Five-Oh. From the trauma of receiving an application to join... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0688150772
ISBN13:9780688150778
Release Date:August 1997
Publisher:William Morrow & Company
Length:240 Pages
Weight:2.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Belly laughs on this one
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This is an easy, fun read with many passages which will make you laugh out loud at yourself and others. He has a terrific slant on the aging process. I can't wait to see how his next book 'reads'.
its a hoot
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I am from England but this is one of the first truly American books that has tickled my sense of humour. I laughed out loud in many places in the book and my wife keeps looking strangely at me. I sent it to one of my relations in the U.S.A. but have not recieved any comments yet, it is early days. Best regards . Ron Pearson.
This book is laugh-outloud funny; Geist captures 50 A-OK
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Geist's book had me laughing on each page; I couldn't read excerpts to my wife without breaking up -- in laughter, not the marriage. She, however, found him less funny than I did. DON'T waste time reading this, get Geist's "Big Five-Oh" and enjoy it.
This book kept me laughing from the first to the last page.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Bill Geist tickled my aging funny bone with his no-holds barred look at reaching the milestone of 50. Approaching that milestone in September 1998, I was comforted in knowing that all of the parts of my body that are failing or getting bigger are not part of some conspiracy known only to me. Geist has written a laugh out loud expose of the horrors of reaching AARP age qualification. Ron Reich
Geist is right...it's downhill from here.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
I was beginning to wonder if all the ailments, annoyances, shortcomings and memory lapses were only happening to me. I was pleased to read the laundry list of post 50 faculties that change for most of us. This book is a hilarious affirmation that we are all in the same boat. A great read.
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