There was an old woman : reflections on these strange, surprising, shining years / Andrea Carlisle.

"Andrea Carlisle isn't struggling with her new identity as the Old Woman in the ways society seems to think she should. In fact, she is finding her later years to be an extraordinary and interesting time. In trying to understand the discrepancy, she interrogates the sources of negativity in literatu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carlisle, Andrea, 1944- (Author)
Corporate Author: Oregon State University. Press (Publisher)
Language:English
Published: Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2023.
Subjects:
Carlisle, Andrea, > 1944-
Women authors, American > Biography.
Older women > United States > Biography.
Older women > United States > Social conditions.
Aging > United States.
Écrivaines américaines > Biographies.
Femmes âgées > États-Unis > Biographies.
Femmes âgées > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Vieillissement > États-Unis.
Aging.
Older women.
Women authors, American.
United States.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:xiii, 207 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface: A wide view from a far shore
  • Old is a long walk
  • The second coming of age
  • Poultice
  • Living in the family museum
  • Hair : the thick and thin of it
  • Where are we now?
  • There was an old woman
  • The inside of old
  • The old woman in time
  • The queen and I
  • Look at me
  • Winter's tales
  • The ages of grief
  • Weathering
  • Before your eyes
  • When we were two
  • Between worlds.