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Playing catch up here as I got a new phone and can't download the Litsy app, thus using the desktop site!
Very keen to read this but it took a bit of perseverance. The characters all seemed self involved and critical of each other, hardly friendly... But I did stick with it and enjoyed the overall story.

Adele (a broke &once successful actress),Wendy (an intellectual & once acclaimed writer)&Jude (a former restaurant manager) gather at Sylvie‘s beach home to clean out the house so that Sylvie‘s daughter can sell it. Sylvies‘s death impacts their relationship in ways none of them could have anticipated.They all deal with grief, aging & other losses differently. Wonderfully relatable, beautifully written. Switching points of view is so

My parent have come into town to celebrate the holidays and my mom gave me this adorable book gnome! She comes with little books and even a book worm! I can‘t wait to find the perfect little spot for her ones we take down all the Christmas decorations !

I'm not crying; you're crying 😭

https://youtu.be/pSeaHfkd3M8?si=By7oWI1AfVnFQHqV

#fridayfidelity #tuesdaytunes

“One of the wonderful things about fictional characters is that they can illustrate for us, in particularly memorable ways, aspects of the human experience that we might otherwise fail to appreciate.”

My cat Boots is not a fictional character, but here she is!

#CatsOfLitsy

Interesting. A bit of a scary topic as it makes clear that we are woefully unprepared, at the present time, to deal with the results of expanding life expectancy.

81/62

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"My father's father, Liang Shao Pu, lived to the age of ninety-three."

Started this book about the coming elder boom last night for #BookSpinBingo

#FirstLineFridays
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I listened to the autobook of 'Roctogenarians' by Mo Rocca. He narrated the book. I found this very interesting. It told of people I had and had not heard of before. I learned quite a lot. Though, the one thing that got on my nerves was when Mo Rocca made a snide remark. I guess he thought he was being funny. Here's an interesting fact: One of the Queen members was a physic scientist. Who knew?

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Rohr explores the idea of two halves to life: the first half, where we‘re concerned with building the “container” of our life—career, family, structure—and the second, in which we learn to fill that container with meaning and begin to get at our true identity. He articulates so much I haven‘t been able to put words to, communicating what can be frustrating for me about various institutions (and people!) focused on those first-half tasks. ⤵️

I‘ve slowly worked through this book. It pairs well with #TuesdayTunes. Many musicians are mentioned, including Ethel Merman. I‘m not a fan of her music. However, I learned she had a disco album & had to check it out. I‘m listening now & not sure what I think. Fans of disco & show tunes may like it.

https://open.spotify.com/track/4yWXewTlItowO15dgHZdxZ?si=VZjwOdJRT7GEhP5nU5zM2g&...