The Old Lady Book: A Book of Instruction and Enlightenment for the Formerly Young

Diana Hannon Forrester takes a humorous look at the aging process in The Old Lady Book. Forrester includes short stories, poems, essays, quotes from the famous and lists that chronicle the experience of growing older. It is a poke in the ribs joke to all of us starting at the very beginning: birth. Aging is going to happen to us all. It's coming our way and the only way out is early death. Now there is a knee-slapper. We might as well enjoy it all. From her own first realization that youth had ended (How it Happened to Me) delivered by some neighborhood children to the scary stuff of losing parents and friends, Forrester brings us face to face with how age sneaks up on us. There isn't much we can do about it except push our tongue into our cheek and smile.