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The Last Gift of Time
The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond Sixty | Carolyn G. Heilbrun
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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. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Lifelong readers continue to read, finding in books the means to enjoy life or endure it.

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Dear Carolyn: I absolutely loved the wisdom and inspiration you shared in this book. You almost perfectly validated all the thoughts and feelings I have had in my sixties and you gave me so much hope for the bright future to come. You beautifully and eloquently explained how to really LIVE life NOW. I checked on you, Carolyn, and learned you committed suicide 7 years after finishing this book. It broke my heart. I have been so perplexed ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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“Women catch courage from the women whose lives and writings they read, and women call the bearer of that courage friend” (My Eleanor)

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(These are my friends. Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Anne Lamott)

“Biographies of women will offer unmet friends provided the subject of the biography has encountered struggles or dilemmas or crises of choice that the reader can learn from as one would a friend.”

merelybookish I just read A Gift from the Sea. 💙❤️💙❤️ 6y
AmyG I adore Anne Lamott❤️ 6y
DrSabrinaMoldenReads @merelybookish She eventually regretted a lot of what she said in that book. I highly recommend 6y
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merelybookish @Joyfulmimi Oh intriguing! I will check that out. 6y
DrSabrinaMoldenReads @merelybookish Which is true. She said we can become different at different stages of our lives 6y
DrSabrinaMoldenReads Her daughter‘s memoir about her is also very good @merelybookish 6y
merelybookish Great! Thank you! 6y
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Lifelong readers continue to read, finding in books the means to enjoy life or to endure it.

Copyright: Marc Koetse (photograph)

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Maintain a carefully directed intensity.

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MelissaSue81 A constant struggle for me. I‘m always afraid of disappointment. 6y
cathysaid Truth. 6y
dylanisreading This is my life. 6y
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I am in love with this book and the author. I can‘t stop reading and I have some work to do.

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Stay tuned if you are interested. I am going to do a comparison with Athill‘s “Somewhere Towards the End”

Lindy I‘m interested! 6y
DrSabrinaMoldenReads I will be sure to share @lindy 6y
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