- Taschenbuch
- Verlag: Houghton Mifflin (Trade); Auflage: Reprint (September 1994)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 039571088X
- ISBN-13: 978-0395710883
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,8 x 14,5 x 2,5 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.5 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (4 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.496.216 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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From Kirkus Reviews
An eloquent account, neither bitter nor saccharine, of daily life in a nursing home. The Pulitzer-winning Kidder (Among Schoolchildren, 1989, etc.) has a unique talent for transforming the minutiae of living into a mosaic that brings focus to issues--like aging--that have become diffuse intellectual exercises or emotionally charged agendas. Center stage here are two men--Lou, in his 90s, and Joe, in his 70s--roommates by chance in a nursing home in western Massachusetts. Lou is gentle and considerate, Joe gruff and passionate. Lou leads Joe to a new thoughtfulness, and Joe listens patiently to Lou's frequent retellings of boyhood stories. Kidder captures their characters, their growing friendship, and their wit through a straightforward narration that's extraordinarily revealing about courage in the face of sickness and age. He visited the nursing home every day for a year, talking to and observing residents, relatives and friends who visited, and staff. We meet Eleanor the actress; Winifred the activist, who must be hoisted mechanically from her bed and lowered into her wheelchair; Art the bon vivant; and others in varying stages of mental and physical impairment. Kidder's sympathetic viewpoint doesn't gloss over the pain, loneliness, and humiliation of deteriorating faculties. As he points out, American culture's current ``celebration...of `successful aging,' often depicted in photographs of old folks wearing tennis clothes, leaves out a lot of people...more than a million of them in nursing homes now.'' Missing here, though, are the viewpoints of the Linda Manor staff, heard from only indirectly as they interact with residents. Rich detail and true-to-the-ear dialogue let the brave and determined elderly speak for themselves--and for the continually surprising potential of the human spirit. -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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From Library Journal
As in his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Soul of a New Machine ( LJ 8/81 ), House ( LJ 1/86), and the best-selling Among Schoolchildren ( LJ 1/90), Kidder reveals his extraordinary talent as a storyteller by taking the potentially unpalatable subject of life in a nursing home and making it into a highly readable, engrossing account. Through the eyes of roommates Lou and Joe, we experience daily life in the Linda Manor Nursing Home in Northampton, Massachusetts. Kidder displays an uncanny ability to reveal glimpses of the residents' former lives and their current hopes and fears without becoming sentimental or maudlin. This is a life that we all hope to avoid, both for ourselves and our loved ones; yet when we see it as it is portrayed in Old Friends it becomes less terrifying. This wonderfully different book is an essential purchase. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 6/15/93.
- January Adams, ODSI Research Lib., Raritan, N.J.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
- January Adams, ODSI Research Lib., Raritan, N.J.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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enjoyed "meeting" the folks that the author introduced us to . . . and made me appreciate the fact that i'm not living in such a home...nor do i ever want to!
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This is one of the best books I have ever read. I have recommended it to several friends. Surprisingly touching. You will remember Joe and Lou long after you finish this book.
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Kidder excels at writing about people we take for granted and looking at them with sensitivity and compassion. In this book he takes the reader to Linda Manor, a Massachusetts nursing home, and shows the day to day life of the residents. The stereotypes associated with the elderly are quietly shattered by the men and women introduced in Kidder's book. Lives are relived, pain is dealt with and each day is a challenge to be met. Kidder does not hide his admiration for some of these people and his affection is contagious. You learn to care for these people and that is what makes this book so successful.
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