Rules for Ageing

A Guide to Life for Those Who Should Know Better

Roger Rosenblatt

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English

Duckworth
01 December 2011

Fiction & Literature; Coping with old age; Humour

We never learn. People make the same mistakes generation after generation. Here, distilled, are the things that we should all learn about life as we get older (and we're all getting older). Rules for Ageing is a rich source of amusement for anyone who is getting on a bit, and offers genuinely good advice to those still young enough to learn. And if you refuse to take on board the wisdom of this book's advice? Well, that's human nature. With a wry sense of humour, here is the most realistic, practical, pleasurable, and, most importantly, painless advice you will ever get. 'Rule 1: It doesn't matter. It really doesn't' 'Rule 15: Pursue virtue, but not too hard' 'Rule 32: If they tell you that it's probably a long shot, it is' 'Rule 41: Never think while on holiday' 'A hilarious guide to life, smart and to the point' People 'Full of rueful tongue-in-cheek misanthropy' Bookpage

By: Roger Rosenblatt
Imprint: Duckworth
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9780715641514
ISBN 10: 0715641514
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 01 December 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Roger Rosenblatt is the author of six plays and thirteen books, including Rules for Aging and Children of War, which won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has written two satirical novels, Beet and Lapham Rising. In 2008 he was appointed Distinguished Professor of English and Writing at Stony Brook University. He is the author of Making Toast: A Family Story, also published by Duckworth.

Reviews for Rules for Ageing: A Guide to Life for Those Who Should Know Better

'A hilarious guide to life, smart and to the point' People 'Wise, funny and insightful. I will happily carry Rules for Ageing into my sunset years and trust them to chart my course to geezerhood' Tom Brokaw 'Full of rueful tongue-in-cheek misanthropy' Bookpage 'I like this book and am thinking it over. Especially rules 1, 3, 15 - I wish I'd known about that 15 years ago - and 34, 'It's not about you', that's worth the price of the book' Garrison Keiller