Not Dead Yet: A Feisty Bohemian Explores the Art of Growing

Not Dead Yet: A Feisty Bohemian Explores the Art of Growing Old

An upbeat memoir to savor and admire, Still Alive! proves that in your later years you can still be going strong . . . and having fun! Â“Old age is a shipwreck,â€ Charles de Gaulle once observed. Not so, says Herb Gold in this lively, often hilarious memoir of his first seven decades. He is clearly enjoying every moment to its fullest. This is a book about how time overtakes us, how reminiscence, loss, hope, pain, success, failureÂ—the lifelong accumulation of dreams and realityÂ—crowd about us with every passing day.

Combining a fascinating selection of people, places, and key events from a long life into the alembic of his ever-fertile imagination, Gold has distilled gold from his uncanny ability to recall conversations, anecdotes, atmosphere, and telling detail. By turns wickedly funny (Â“Prostate surgeries and hysterectomies are not immediately visible at art gallery openings.â€) and touching (Â“Itâ€™s harder to learn how to laugh alone.â€), Still Alive!, in this age of overheated memoirs, will surely find its way to a grateful audience both young and young at heart.
Country USA
Brand Arcade
Manufacturer Arcade
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781611450293
ReleaseDate 2011-08-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781611450293

Not Dead Yet: A Feisty Bohemian Explores the Art of Growing Old