Christopher Matthews is the author of
The Old Man and the Knee: How to Be a Golden Oldie. One of his
top ten books about growing old, as shared at the
Guardian:
I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron never made it to old age: she died aged 71, from pneumonia brought on by acute myeloid leukaemia. Yet the screenwriter and author knew as well anyone what it feels like to grow older and – as her title declaims – some of the annoying and often absurd failings that the advancing years bring with them. Not being able to remember a damned thing is only one; she cheerfully lists almost a dozen people she met who she can’t remember anything about (Groucho Marx, Cary Grant, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Peter Ustinov).
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--Marshal Zeringue
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