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The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond Sixty (Paperback)
by Carolyn Heilbrun (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars  (7 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 225 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine; 1st Ballantine Books Ed edition (May 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0345422953
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345422958
  • Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 578,643 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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The feminist writer and author of the Amanda Cross mystery series looks back a youthful pledge to commit suicide at seventy, explaining why, given that h sixties have been her happiest decade, she decided not to take her life.
 

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Three cheers for aging!, 29 Jul 1999
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This review is from: The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond Sixty (Hardcover)
She paints it as a freeing experience, and I felt as if I were in Carolyn's presence as she sat cozy in an arm chair, fire blazing, glass of wine in hand, having an honest conversation with me, her friend. The unabashed truthfulness, the scathing remarks about her pompous male confrees at Columbia, the tender realization of her longing for her husband's company - the entire book - a wry but warm delight. I recommend it to anyone fifty or over. The young would never understand.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A seventy year old grandma who says, "Amen!", 18 April 1998
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I share the view that age adds a beautiful dimension if one so chooses. More freedom than can be imagined in the earlier years of responsibilty to others. The author gives encouragement and hope to those of us in search of meaning as we approach the end of life. Though our circumstances differ, the possiblities for each are unlimited. Cheers to this beautiful woman who expresses so well what older women need to hear.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read for women in academia., 3 Nov 1998
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Very validating for women who have worked in the American academy. Parts of this are a scathing but accurate summary of what life is like as a professor---other parts confirm that her own gift to women is far larger than mostbecause it is the gift of wisdom and of shared experience. (If it can happen at Columbia to a woman who has truly made a contribution and achieved several high honors, then it is probably happening to women everywhere.) This book inspires one to live the rest of one's life with meaning and purpose. It literally gives permission to people who have high-achieved and been severely undervalued. I have given it to a number of friends. They've all been as pleased and as astonished as I was.
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