Forever Fifty and other negotiations by Judith Viorst

Judith Viorst writes about the trials and tribulations of turning fifty and beyond. Her poems are short and funny and will make you smile, especially if you’re approaching the traumatic age of fifty.

She addresses fading memory, “The fact that you’ve known a person for thirty-five years Doesn’t mean, when you go to introduce him, that you can count on remembering his name.” family “Our last child was gone for a month when we started receiving bad news from the eldest. Her marriage was through. She was leaving. And soon she moved back to her room to do yoga and weatving” and finally death “Before I go, I’d like to make things better. I’d like to be told I’ve been more of a joy than a pain. And I’d like those I love to know that they are the ones, if I could do it again, I’d do it with.” It’s lines such as these that makes you love these poems and identify with Viorst’s writings.

Karen - Fort Mill                                                    ISBN 0684832372