Late-life love : a memoir
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Honeoye Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
305.26
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305.26
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337 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-334).
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"'Tender, unsparing, poignant. . . . [A] love story that braids together intimate self-revelation with a rich meditation on the literature of aging.'-- Stephen Greenblatt. On Susan Gubar's seventieth birthday, she receives a beautiful ring from her husband, a gift that startles her into an appreciation of their luck. As she contemplates their sustaining relationship, Susan considers how older lovers differ from their youthful counterparts--and from ageist stereotypes. When her husband encounters age-related disabilities, Susan procrastinates over moving from their burdensome house in the country to a more manageable town apartment by searching out literature on the longevity of desire by authors from Ovid and Shakespeare to Toni Morrison and Marilynne Robinson. During subsequent months of care-giving, her own ongoing cancer treatments, and apartment-hunting, Susan studies the obstacles many older couples overcome and marvels at the passion that buoys her own relationship. A memoir proving that love and desire have no expiration date, Late-Life Love is a resounding retort to negative valuations of old age and a celebration of second chances"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gubar, S. (2019). Late-life love: a memoir (First edition.). W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gubar, Susan, 1944-. 2019. Late-life Love: A Memoir. W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gubar, Susan, 1944-. Late-life Love: A Memoir W. W. Norton & Company, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gubar, Susan. Late-life Love: A Memoir First edition., W. W. Norton & Company, 2019.
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