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A fresh old voice (and a beautiful little book)
This is a wonderful (but slim) collection of essays; Donald Hall's musings on his past and present. He is (obviously) in his eighties, and his voice is clear. In our youth obsessed culture, we need to hear more from the old and for that alone I am glad for this book.
I don't appreciate reading synopses of books, so I won't write one, and anyway, this volume is thin enough that telling you much about it would spoil the fun of reading. I came to it fresh, not having read him before (indeed), and found it a wonderful read. Mr. Hall's style is spare, pointedly witty, and often wise.
I read this book on an afternoon where we had no power in our home in Maine; I read bits aloud to my husband. We're in our late fifties and live in a town where we are on the younger side of middle and old age. So, reading this spoke to much of our condition.
So, we (not just I) enjoyed Mr. Hall's sharing of his life and memories, and sharing his gratitude for that life, both...
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