Ruth's Truths: Stayin' Alive after 55, Surviving the Age My Mother Died [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

Morris, Ms Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1495924769 ISBN 13: 9781495924767

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

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In a style described as "Carrie Bradshaw" meets Joan Didion meets David Sedaris, these essays are written from the heart, and from experience, about life after 50, about the Arts, about Culture, Education, Travel and People.

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BIO As my 55th birthday neared, I became reflective about what I'd done in my life to this time, and a little anxious about what kind of life lay ahead of me. This birthday was a milestone for me, because my mother had died one month from her 55th birthday. It bothered me that I couldn't even remember celebrating her birthday that year of 1987; we were consumed at the time with life and death decisions about her health and welfare. I have read and heard from many others who have been similarly affected by a mother's death in this way. It makes you take stock of your life, and, until you live past the fateful age, you live on the pins and needles of wondering if you'll survive. I am proud to say that I have accomplished a lot in my first 55 years. I have two wonderful sons. I have had two fruitful careers: twenty years in the international travel business and ten years as a teacher. Both pursuits have been much more than livelihoods; they have added value to my personal life in countless ways. I own a house and a sexy sports car, I collect books, and live to check off travel destinations on my bucket list. I am fluent in Japanese, as a result of a lifelong pursuit of learning about the culture. I am an activist against anti-Semitism, and a student of Jewish history and culture as well. Food, wines and craft beers are another passion, but my I spend more time and joyous moments dancing, than nearly anything else. As I began to become more and more of a writing teacher, as the years have gone by, I began to rely more and more on the written word myself. From my avid reading pursuits (of mostly non-fiction) to my love of sharing my thoughts and feelings via journal entries to myself to e-mails and texts for others to read, and finally to the more public medium of Facebook posts, I have become emboldened. I feel the words are swirling in my head, crystallizing into sentences, swirling into paragraphs and birthing into the essays in this book.

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• Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1495924769
• ISBN 13: 9781495924767
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 90