In There Was An Old Woman, Andrea Carlisle presents a collection of personal essays that explore this time of life and consider misperceptions, hard truths, needs, and often beautiful complexity. This book is a rallying cry and a rejection of received wisdom about what old age should look like and how old people--especially older women--should feel and behave. In her view, old age is a long walk, not a singular moment, or even a few years, in time. This period of life needs literature for sustenance, with voices that inspire and challenge, as much as any other. Carlisle digs into what old age...
In There Was An Old Woman, Andrea Carlisle presents a collection of personal essays that explore this time of life and consider misperceptions, hard t...