When I am an old woman I shall wear purple : an anthology of short stories and poetry /
"This enchanting collection of writings and photographs evokes the beauty, humor and courage of women living in their later years and tells of the endearing moments of joy--and passion--to be found in the rich and varied world of midlife and beyond. An award-winning anthology that takes a refre...
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| Language: | English |
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Manhattan Beach, CA :
Papier-Maché Press,
[1987]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Warning / Jenny Joseph
- Sitty Victoria / Vicki Salloum
- Grandma sits down / Rick Kempa
- Aunt Marie at 99 / Tom Benediktsson
- Here, take my words / Karen Brodine
- The trouble was meals / Elizabeth Bennett
- Like mother, like daughter / Susan S. Jacobson
- Near places, far places / Sarah Barnhill
- The changes / Fionna Perkins
- For my mother / Michele Wolf
- A place for mother / Joanne Seltzer
- Birthday portrait in muted tones / Dori Appel
- Old woman / Billie Lou Cantwell
- A woman at forty / Enid Shomer
- New directions / Susan A. Katz
- Late autumn woods / Rina Ferrarelli
- Athlete growing old / Grace Butcher
- Body / Lillian Morrison
- I know the mirrors / Janice Townley Moore
- Investment of worth / Terri Jewell
- Gracefully afraid / Mary Anne Ashley
- words never spoken / Doris Vanderlipp Manley
- Clearing the path / Elisavietta Ritchie
- Dear Paul Newman / Marie Kennedy Robins
- Reaching toward beauty / Hyacinthe Hill
- Love at fifty / Marcia Woodruff
- A letter from Elvira / Bettie Sellers
- Tin of tube rose / Sandra Redding
- Survived by his wife / Margaret Flanagan
- Making the wine / Marisa Labozzetta
- Come to me / Sue Saniel Elkind
- Two willow chairs / Jess Wells
- Planting / Cinda Thompson
- Maybe at eighty? / S. Minanel
- Endurance / Fran Portley
- Becoming sixty / Ruth Harriet Jacobs
- Social security / Barbara Bolz
- Litany for a neighbor / Ellin Carter
- The wildcat / Catherine Boyd
- Out of the lion's belly / Carole L. Glickfeld.
- Hurricane / Edna J. Guttag
- Oh, that shoestore used to be mine / Randeane Doolittle Tetu
- Tending the flock / Jennifer Lagier
- Livvy Caldwell / Barbara Nector Davis
- Translations / Margaret H. Carson
- To an old woman / Rafael Jesus Gonzalez
- The pianist / Carolyn J. Fairweather Hughes
- Occupation / Bonnie Michael Pratt
- All the time / Michael Andrews
- Bag ladies in L.A. / Savina A. Roxas
- glory / Charlotte Watson Sherman
- Old women / Barbara Lau
- Bag ladies / Ruth Harriet Jacobs
- Endings / Lynn Kozma
- Last visit to grandmother / Enid Shomer
- Words for Alice after her death / Angela Peckenpaugh
- The thugs / Mura Dehn
- The coming of winter / Shirley Vogler Meister
- Post humus / Patti Tana
- Life's rainbow / Sheila Banani.