I have not read "Old Age," but I did read Dwight Garner's review of the book, by Michael Kinsley, in today's New York Times. Based on that review alone I will read it, but what I wanted to share was Garner's exquisite review.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/books/review-michael-kinsley-bringing-boomers-news-from-the-final-frontier.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbooks&action=click&contentCollection=books®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront
just placed an order! The Parkinson's connection hits home
Getting old ain't for kids
Apollo_T said:Getting old ain't for kids
That reminds me of my dad's old saying "life's a b*^ch, then you get old"
^
The version I heard ended with
"...and then you die !"
"Old age isn't a battle: old age is a massacre.” ― Philip Roth,
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I have not read "Old Age," but I did read Dwight Garner's review of the book, by Michael Kinsley, in today's New York Times. Based on that review alone I will read it, but what I wanted to share was Garner's exquisite review.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/books/review-michael-kinsley-bringing-boomers-news-from-the-final-frontier.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbooks&action=click&contentCollection=books®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront