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Title: When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple by Sandra Martz, Ellen Burstyn, Cch Pounder, CCH Pounder ISBN: 0944993990 Publisher: Audio Literature Pub. Date: April, 1998 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47
Rating: 5
Summary: Classic and Classy Gift for the Maturing Woman....
Comment: 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....
Rating: 4
Summary: Afraid of Growing Old? Read this book...Don't read this book
Comment: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" the opening line from "A Tale of Two Cities" could well describe this book. If you are afraid of growing old, read this book. If you are afraid of growing old, DON'T read this book. I loved it! It made me laugh (Especially the short story "The trouble was Meals" I hated it! It was depressing, well, maybe poignant and sad would be better choice of words.
It is an anthology, a collective from different contributors. Some are great, some did not suite me. At times it made me feel how hard it will be to grow old and the difficulty of life as an older woman. Then again, I found it wonderful when I found the message... " Lighten up and enjoy life while you are still able and healthy" And yes I agree with another reviewer that "...women of all ages can and should enjoy life to the fullest; but at times it will make you sigh. More often it will make you think, and I guarantee it will make you smile!
I sent the book to my intellectual 50+ sister, I knew she would love it. I didn't send it to my sensitive younger sister, I knew it would upset her. I gave a copy to my well-read best friend on her 50th and she loved it. I would NEVER give it to my 80+ mother, she'd be depressed for weeks.
If you give it as a gift, read it first! As for me, since I read it, I find my 52-year-old self, wearing a little more purple!
Rating: 5
Summary: This book helped me deal with the loss of my mother.
Comment: 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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Title: Warning: When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple by Jenny Joseph, Pythia Ashton-Jewell ISBN: 0285634119 Publisher: Souvenir Pr Ltd Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: If I Had My Life to Live Over I Would Pick More Daisies by Sandra Haldeman Martz ISBN: 0918949246 Publisher: Papier-Mache Press Pub. Date: November, 1992 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: I Am Becoming the Woman I've Wanted by Sandra Martz ISBN: 0918949491 Publisher: Papier-Mache Press Pub. Date: October, 1994 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Grow Old Along with Me : The Best Is Yet to Be by Sandra Martz ISBN: 0918949866 Publisher: Papier-Mache Press Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Be an Outrageous Older Woman by Ruth H. Jacobs ISBN: 0060952539 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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