You're Not Old Until You're Ninety: Best to Be Prepared, However

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Summary: Welcome and rewarding reading
Review: Being 92 years young, Rebecca Latimer writes from experience and with authority in You're Not Old Until You're Ninety: Best To Be Prepared, However. Her eloquent stories and suggested activities are accessible presented in a thoroughly "reader friendly" text and will prove as inspiring and motivating as they are easy and enjoyable. Here revealed are Rebecca's secrets for vigorously aging while maintaining a balance in all things, developing good friendships; staying interested in learning new things; picking up on your intuition, and "listening" to your body. If you are entering the autumn of your life, or have a loved one who is, then You're Not Old Until You're Ninety offers what is a truly life enhancing, energizing, and enjoyment oriented "how to" book that will prove welcome and rewarding reading.

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Summary: disappointed
Review: I was disappointed in this book. The title is promising, however, the content is sophomoric - a rather juvenile style of writing. This is basically a woman's journal entries, chronicling her personal growth through her reading experiences. Her reading material is dated; there are many newer and finer sources for personal growth opportunties. Her frequent comments of, "you might not be interested in this but, . . . " are tedious. Her frequent pauses to listen to a tape and then writing, "I'm back . . . " are irritating. I don't know how the editor let her get away with her repetitious non-information. Wait, yes, I do. The reason this book was published is the gimmick of a ninety-year-old woman writing her memoirs. Given all that, if you need a reading list for personal growth and enjoy the ramblings of a woman who is constantly working on personal growth, then this book may be for you.

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Summary: This book is for all ages
Review: I was pleasantly surprised to get so much benefit from this book even though I am definitely not old! (49!) The book helped me to realize that old age is definitely "mental" and the book gives good, reasonable advice for being happy and healthy at any age. This would be a great book for anyone who is learning to deal with aging parents or friends.

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Summary: It's not too late to be prepared!
Review: If you are wondering if I am qualified to give this title tomy book, let me quote to you the headline that the San FranciscoChronicle ran over their review on December 25, 1997. "A 92-YEAR OLD'S SECRETS OF AN EXCITING OLD AGE" It was a wonderful review by Patricia Holt, but very long and detailed, so I will only quote the first sentence and the last three words, which are still echoing in my mind. "Elderly people are supposed to think back on their youth with nostalgia and longing, but for Rebecca Latimer, who is 92, getting older is a much better deal than being young." As I walked along the path I describe in the book, I never suspected it would bring me to this pleasant place, where I feel I am totally in equilibrium: where,in spite of of physical difficulties, an inner voice whispers, "I am happy!"

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Summary: You're Not Old Until You're Nintey: Best to Be Prepared...
Review: This book was like sitting in the garden and having tea with a fascinating grandmother who has wonderful experience to share. Rebecca tells a story, not about denying or ignoring old age, but of a gentle persistant inner journey that leaves me excited about growing older and discovering all the possibilities that lie within. It's a book about living - at any age. She also provides an excellent suggested reading list, which I have availed myself of. I've sent copies of the book to my loved ones, hoping they too would not only enjoy the story, but also realize the gift of wise experiences.