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  • The View From Here: Life at Seventy
  • Joan Bakewell
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In this book, as in her original Guardian articles, Joan Bakewell writes with characteristic honesty and humanity about life in one's seventies. From applying eyeshadow without glasses and learning how to use an iPod, to dreading the obituary pages for fear of finding a friend among them, The View From Here considers with wisdom and warmth the physical, social and psychological consequences of aging.

As well as discussing her life at seventy, Joan Bakewell returns to the issues that have always been close to her, including the nature of faith, what it means to be British and how we engage politically with the world around us.

A household name and a popular radio and TV broadcaster, Bakewell is the ideal ambassador for challenging what being 70 can mean for women today. All of life, including the taboos of old age, are here - work, family, love, sex, body and death - written about with humour, warmth, and Bakewell's characteristic verve and intelligence.

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No of pages: 240
Dimensions: 27.0cm x 19.0cm