Late-life love : a memoir
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Published
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2019].
ISBN
9780393609578, 039360957X
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Batavia Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction | 305.26 GUB | On Shelf |
Berwyn Public Library - Stacks | 305.26 GUB | On Shelf |
Calumet City Public Library - Adult Biography | BIOGRAPHY GUBAR | On Shelf |
Chicago Ridge Public Library - Stacks | 305.262 GUB BIOG | On Shelf |
Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | BIOGRAPHY GUBAR, S. | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2019].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780393609578, 039360957X
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"During a difficult year, acclaimed writer Susan Gubar celebrates her lasting partnership and the reciprocity of lovers in later life. On Gubar's seventieth birthday, she receives a beautiful ring from her husband. As she contemplates their sustaining relationship, she begins to consider how older lovers differ from their youthful counterparts--and from ageist stereotypes. While her husband confronts age-related disabilities that effectively ground them, Susan dawdles over the logistics of moving from their cherished country house to a more manageable place in town and starts seeking out literature on the changing seasons of desire. Throughout the complications of devoted caregiving, her own ongoing cancer treatments, apartment hunting, the dismantling of a household, and perplexity over the breakdown of a treasured friendship, Susan finds consolation in books and movies. Works by writers from Ovid and Shakespeare to Gabriel García Márquez and Marilynne Robinson lead Susan to appraise the obstacles many senior couples overcome: the unique sexuality of bodies beyond their prime as well as the trials of retirement, adult children, physical infirmities, the multiplications or subtractions of memory, and the aftereffects of trauma. On the page and in life, Susan realizes that age cannot wither love. A memoir proving that the heart's passions have no expiration date, Late-Life Love rejoices in second chances."--Dust jacket.
Citations
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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