On Getting Old for the First Time
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (813 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1885221533 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 148 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Patricia L. Terho said Book: On Getting Old For The First Time. Book is humorous. Clever. Witty. A fun-read. It was a "hit" birthday gift to a friend who is just 'going over the hill.'. "Peg Bracken writes about getting old ." according to Karen Cookson. Peg Bracken's hilarious housewifery has inspired a whole generation of not-yet-feminists with her sly observations about women's place in the world. I think her best drollery was in "A Window Over the Sink," but most women remember her "I Hate to Cook Book" as a defining work, right up there with Betty Freidan and Gloria Steinem. Peg is closer to Betty MacDonald and Shirley Jackson in time, so was a precursor to the feminist movement, slaying dragons with humor, not swords. This book seems p. David Roger Allen said LIKE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, PEG BRACKEN STILL ACHIEVES AT 80+!. Peg Bracken (Mrs. John Ohman of Portland, Oregon), renowned author of THE I HATE TO COOK BOOK and ten other equally worthwhile published works, is now past age 80, and like Frank Lloyd Wright, still working full time at what she does best, satiric essay writing with a homespun yet bitingly witty edge. Ms. Bracken is a 19LIKE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, PEG BRACKEN STILL ACHIEVES AT 80+! David Roger Allen Peg Bracken (Mrs. John Ohman of Portland, Oregon), renowned author of THE I HATE TO COOK BOOK and ten other equally worthwhile published works, is now past age 80, and like Frank Lloyd Wright, still working full time at what she does best, satiric essay writing with a homespun yet bitingly witty edge. Ms. Bracken is a 1940 graduate of Ohio's famous Antioch College, one of the world's most important and individualistic higher education centers. Peg Bracken is certainly a daughter of Antioch, . 0 graduate of Ohio's famous Antioch College, one of the world's most important and individualistic higher education centers. Peg Bracken is certainly a daughter of Antioch,
A fun book!. Bracken takes on the interesting matter of getting old for the first time-- a fascinating, comical, sometimes not-so-comical, but universal project that all of us tackle ,sooner or later. When writer turns cartoonist, but can't turn loose of her typewriter, ON Getting Old for the First Time is the result. At least it was for bestelling author Peg Bracken whose new book is copiously illustrated with pictures of Emily her wry but often wistful heroine