The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond Sixty

From the author of Writing a Woman's Life comes an inspirational reflection on aging and the gift of life in your 70s and beyond.

When she was young, distinguished author and critic Carolyn Heilbrun solemnly vowed to end her life when she turned seventy. But on the advent of that fateful birthday, she realized that her golden years had been full of unforeseen pleasures. Now, the astute and ever-insightful Heilbrun muses on the emotional and intellectual insights that brought her to choose each day for now, to live. There are reflections on her new house and her sturdy, comfortable marriage; sweet solitude and the pleasures of sex at an advanced age; the fascination with e-mail and the joy of discovering unexpected friends. Even the encroachments of loss, pain, and sadness that come with age cannot spoil Heilbrun's moveable feast. They are merely the price of bountiful living.

Author: Carolyn G. Heilbrun
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 04/07/1998
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780345422958
ISBN10: 0345422953
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Gerontology
- Family & Relationships | Life Stages | Later Years
- Biography & Autobiography | Women

About the Author
Carolyn G. Heilbrun is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities Emeriti at Columbia University. In addition to her many works of criticism, which include the bestselling Writing a Woman's Life and Hamlet's Mother and Other Women, she is also the author of the acclaimed Kate Fansler series of mysteries under the name of Amanda Cross.