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Happy Old Me - How to Live A Long Life, and Really Enjoy It (Paperback)
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Happy Old Me - How to Live A Long Life, and Really Enjoy It (Paperback)
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'As long as I'm alive, I'll be with her, and she'll be with me.'
Hunter Davies on Margaret Forster. Happy Old Me is a moving yet
uplifting account of one year in Hunter Davies' life, navigating
bereavement and finding hope in the future. On 8th February 2016,
Margaret Forster lost her life to cancer of the spine. The days
that followed for her husband, Hunter Davies, were carried out on
autopilot: arrangements to be made, family and friends to be
contacted. But how do you cope after you have lost your loved one?
How do you carry on? As Hunter navigates what it means to be alone
again after 55 years of marriage, coping with bereavement and being
elderly (he still doesn't believe he is), he shares his wisdom and
lessons he has learnt living alone again. Revealing his emotional
journey over the course of one year, as well as the often ignored
practical implications of becoming widowed, he learns that,
ultimately, bricks and mortar may change but the memories will
remain. Part memoir, part self-help, Happy Old Me is a fitting,
heart-felt tribute to the love of his life and a surprisingly
amusing and informative book about an age, and stage in life, which
we might all reach someday. The third book in Hunter Davies'
much-loved memoir series, which includes The Co-Op's Got Bananas
and A Life in the Day. Praise for Hunter Davies:- 'He recalls his
childhood growing up in Scotland and Cumbria in the Forties and
Fifties, capturing gritty working-class life with humour and charm
and painting a vivid picture of that period of social history'
Press Association 'What sets this book apart, though, is its
avoidance of cliche and its determination to reveal everything that
might be revealed.' Daily Mail 'Eighty-year-old Davies takes a
delightfully irreverent approach to his account of his youth and
his days as a rookie journalist. Food was rationed, clothes were
utilitarian and life could be rough, but there was fun to be had
from friendships, films, skiffle and girls' Sunday Express 'Davies
is a wonderful companion, leading readers down memory lane with
great chumminess that will really resonate with those of a certain
age. This book deserves a place on the shelf beside Alan Johnson's
This Boy.' Express 'Ken Loach might have turned all this into a
powerful social film, but the avuncular Davies sprinkles in so many
cheery anecdotes that the book bounces along enjoyably' Sunday
Times
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