Forever Fifty

For the next decade, a baby-boomer will turn 50 every seven seconds. What would they do without the wit and wisdom of Judith Viorst's classic exploration of that delicate time in life? 24 line drawings.

Contents

FIFTY

You Say You Want to Know How Old I Am?

You Say You Want to Know How the Children Are Doing?

Wild Thing

Exercising Options

Postmortems

Confusion

To a Middle-Aged Friend Considering Adultery with a Younger Man

Happiness

STILL FIFTY

By My Age

Second Marriage

Brief Encounter at the Delicatessen

They're Back

Christmas Presents for Fifty Years and Over

And Now You Want to Know If There Is Anything Good to Say about Getting Older

Eight Basic Facts about Memory

How Can People Want to Bring Children into This Terrible World?

FOREVER FIFTY

Before I Go

You Might As Well Laugh

Some Advice from a Mother to Her Married Son

When Asked to What They Owe the Success of Their Marriage, He and She Completely Agree that Love Is Accommodation

Medical Tests

More Questions

A Sexy Old Lady

The Pleasures of an Ordinary Life