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Grow old along with me--the best is yet to be  Cover Image Book Book

Grow old along with me--the best is yet to be / edited by Sandra Haldeman Martz.

Martz, Sandra. (Added Author).

Summary:

An anthology of stories, poetry and photographs in which people share their experience of growing old. Various contributors discuss falling in love after being widowed, redefining roles with children, men facing retirement and women discovering new opportunities.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0918949874
  • ISBN: 9780918949875
  • ISBN: 0918949866
  • ISBN: 9780918949868
  • Physical Description: 186 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Watsonville, CA : Papier-Mache Press, 1996.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Manon reassures her lover / Martha Elizabeth -- Letting go / Allison Joseph -- Deeper, wider, finer / Peter Cooley -- In the autumn / William Borden -- Nearing menopause, I run into Elvis at Shoprite / Barbara Crooker -- Man who loved the woman who loved Elvis / Terry Amrhein Tappouni -- To the husband who stands at the sink / Cortney Davis -- At the reunion / Mark DeFoe -- Illusions / Michael S. Glaser -- Reflections in green glass / Davi Walders -- Bountiful harvest / Sally Whitney -- Fathers playing sons / Robert L. Harrison -- Hands / Michael Andrews -- Aerodynamic integrity / Rose Hamilton-Gottlieb -- Nothing's been the same since John Wayne died / William Greenway -- Dance class / Ann Cooper -- Getting older / Jane Aaron Vander Wal -- Bonuses / Dori Appel -- Queen of cards and powders / William Ratner -- She stands in the cold water / James Lowell McPherson -- Then and now / Phyllis King -- For an anniversary / Gailmarie Pahmeier -- What remains / Amy L. Uyematsu -- Widow and the gigolo / Marion Zola -- A woman like that / Peter Meinke -- Papier-mache / Mary Elizabeth Parker -- Spring cleaning / Sharon H. Nelson -- Harvest / Shirley Vogler Meister -- Spring without Burpee seeds / Jean Blackmon -- Sam, at sixty / Pat Schneider -- Gathering / Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad -- Investing / Savina Roxas -- Rema / Sara Sanderson -- Pebbles and crumbs / Ric Masten -- Instructions for ashes / Ellen Kort -- What faith is / Lisa Vice -- What do old women talk about? / Eunice Holtz -- Retrospective eye / Katherine Govier -- Well / Christopher Woods -- Retired / Daniel Green -- Emmaline / Willa Holmes -- A free man / Judith Bell -- Meditation for twilight / Albert Huffstickler -- Washing Helen's hair / Anne C. Barnhill -- Fallout fantasy / John Laue -- Laundry / Grace Butcher -- Chance of snow / Kathryn Etters Lovatt -- Widow / Eleanor Van Houten -- Choices / Nancy Robertson -- Flying time / Elisavietta Ritchie -- Can opener / Dianna Henning -- World of Dolores Velásquez / Eliud Martínez -- Wisdom women / CB Follett -- Prayers for my aging / Arupa Chiarini -- Romance in the old folks' home / Michael Waters -- Her game / Floyd Skloot -- Drying apricots / Maggi Ann Grace -- Dance / Lynne Burgess -- Front porch partners / Elizabeth Crawford.
Subject: Older people's writings, American.
Old age > Literary collections.
Older people > Literary collections.

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