Rules For Aging: A Wry and Witty Guide to Life

Rules For Aging: A Wry and Witty Guide to Life

by Roger Rosenblatt
Rules For Aging: A Wry and Witty Guide to Life

Rules For Aging: A Wry and Witty Guide to Life

by Roger Rosenblatt

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Overview

One of USA Today's Best Self-Help Books of the Year, the national bestseller Rules for Aging from New York Times bestselling author and beloved prize-winning essayist Roger Rosenblatt, is a witty and humorous guide about the trials and tribulations of getting older.

Rosenblatt has commented on most of the trends and events of our time. His columns in Time magazine and his commentaries on PBS's News Hour with Jim Lehrer have made him a household word and a trusted friend of millions.

With a wry sense of humor and inimitable wit, Rosenblatt offers here guidelines for aging that are both easy to understand and, more importantly, easy to implement. More and more in the news today, we are hearing about phenomenal advances in the "fight against aging." But what Rosenblatt suggests to combat age is far more valuable than any scientific breakthrough — he breaks down the hardest part of aging, the mental anguish of growing older with fifty-four gems of funny, brilliant, wise, indispensable advice.

A book to savor, a book to keep, and a book for all ages. This little guide is intended for people who wish to age successfully, or at all.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780156013604
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 11/01/2001
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 176
Sales rank: 383,027
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Roger Rosenblatt  is the author of six off-Broadway plays and eighteen books, including Lapham Rising, Making Toast, Kayak Morning and The Boy Detective. He is the recipient of the 2015 Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement.

Read an Excerpt

Rule #1: It doesn't matter
Whatever you think matters-doesn't. Follow this rule, and it will add decades to your life. It does not matter if you are late, or early; if you are here, or if you are there; if you said it, or did not say it; if you were clever, or if you were stupid; if you are having a bad hair day, or a no hair day; if your boss looks at you cockeyed; if your girlfriend or boyfriend looks at you cockeyed; if you don't get that promotion, or prize, or house, or if you do. It doesn't matter.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"A hilarious guide to life . . . Bottom Line: Laughter and wisdom."-People
"More applicable and more hilarious than Morrie's. Really."
-Detroit Free Press
"A humorous, thinking man's self-help book. It is written as a guide for those in the younger generation who want to learn from the mistakes of their elders."-Newsday

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