When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple
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Best-selling and award-winning anthology featuring over sixty writers and photographers who explore the issues of women and aging through poetry, prose and provocative photographic images. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0918949157
ISBN13:9780918949158
Release Date:January 1991
Publisher:Papier-Mache Press
Length:177 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 7.3" x 9.6"
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Aging Alternative Medicine Anthologies & Literary Collections Classics General Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Literary Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Meditation Parenting & Relationships Politics & Social Sciences Self-Esteem Self-Help Social Science Social Sciences Women's StudiesCustomer Reviews
4 ratings
Hey honey!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
We're all getting old and fat! This book just makes you feel less alone about the ordeal!
My mother looks great in purple.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
I gave this book to my mother on her 75th birthday - she will be eighty soon, and refers to the title everytime she does something out of the ordinary, like gardening in the rain, line-dancing, wearing jeans while watching the sun set in Key West, riding in my convertible with the top down right after she had her hair "done", etc. I just bought two copies for my aunts who are in their eighties, and would never dream of doing what their "baby sister" does. Maybe they'll lighten up and enjoy life while they are still able and healthy. This book encourages women of all ages to enjoy life to the fullest.
Classic and Classy Gift for the Maturing Woman....
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This book is a great gift for that woman (or sensitive guy) who is celebrating one of the Big Birthdays - whether 30, 40, 50, 60 or more. Along with the usual boring gifts that joke about being over the hill, this gift is a welcome and much needed aid to the transition that birthdays mark. The well-loved poem encourages the reader to appreciate each moment of life while it is happening.I have received this as a gift, loaned out mine, given copies as gifts. It always seems to be appreciated. Its a nice gift by itself. For someone really special to you - mother, sister, friend, lover - it could be given with a small piece of purple - a scarf, tie, t-shirt, flowers, earrings. Everytime the purple gift is worn, the gift and the poem will be remembered, and the moment will linger....
This book helped me deal with the loss of my mother.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
I loved the poems and stories in this book. They seemed to capture so accurately the way I feel about growing older. Sometimes I feel sad or angry or frightened but then, just like some of the women in the stories, I feel like I am so much freer than when I was younger. I especially love Jenny Joseph's poem. My mother always loved purple. We read this poem at her funeral and everyone laughed and cried at the same time. I keep this book by my bedside and refer to it over and over.
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