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If Not Now, When?: Living the Baby Boomer Adventure (Hardcover)

by Esther Rantzen (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Headline Springboard (10 Jul 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 075531719X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0755317196
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 298,990 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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TV personality, founder of Childline, writer and broadcaster, Esther Rantzen has spent her life tirelessly campaigning on behalf of children and mental health sufferers. In this personal and anecdotal handbook, she turns her attention to the baby boomer and shows how, ultimately, reaching your fifties and beyond is just the beginning. Starting from her own experiences whether it be her childhood, the death of her husband, her battle with prejudice against women in the media, laughter and the love of friends, irritations with brainless ageism, the importance of travel, sex and good health all is of huge relevance and will give the fifty-something-plus-year-old a huge jolt of recognition, or a shocked gasp, or a laugh. Interspersed with practical advice and the occasional nostalgic rant, this is a fun celebration and an inspiration for the nations 17 million baby boomers.

About the Author
Esther Rantzen made her name producing and presenting the long-running BBC series That's Life, and since then has made a number of pioneering programmes on subjects such as childbirth, mental health and child abuse. She is President of Childline, which she founded in 1986, and a trustee of the NSPCC, as well as a Patron of a number of other charities. She was married to Desmond Wilcox until his death in 2000.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Heartening, so very heartening, 20 Mar 2009
By M.I. "migoe" (Newcastle, UK) - See all my reviews
  
This review is from: If Not Now, When? (Paperback)
It is true that ageism continues to be a particularly tasteless form of discrimination in modern society. I'm not alone in having experienced this many times. It seems to be thought that we (I'm 61) should just crawl into a corner somewhere and be thankful we're still alive. And this is a viewpoint shared by government, no less. In the last year or two, retired people's leisure classes, a valuable way of making contact, have largely ceased. All such activity, we're told, should be 'work-related'. To people who are retired, this evidently makes no sense.
No, that's not Esther's way of thinking, any more than it is mine. I'm not going to lie down and die. When I've actually been criticised for persisting with language work rather than clipping my hedges, I've replied in kind. If I'm aging physically, it doesn't mean my brain has to stiffen and die. No,not at all. I've time now to do even more, for I'm retired and have the opportunity.
Anyone over 30 is fit only for the anteroom to the graveyard? No, not me. If anyone appears brain-dead, it's the routine-bound younger adult or the grunting adolescent, glued to the rustling i-pod. I read, keep reading, and enjoy reading - and many other things, such as writing this review. Splash out on Esther's book, and take its message seriously - but nothing else. Life's too short.
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