Bibliograph

Eye of my heart, 27 writers reveal the hidden pleasures and perils of being a grandmother, edited by Barbara Graham ; introduction by Mary Pipher

Type

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Eye of my heart, 27 writers reveal the hidden pleasures and perils of being a grandmother, edited by Barbara Graham ; introduction by Mary Pipher

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Eye of my heart

Oclc number

232978022

Responsibility statement

edited by Barbara Graham ; introduction by Mary Pipher

Sub title

27 writers reveal the hidden pleasures and perils of being a grandmother

Summary

Women novelists, essayists, and journalists share unsentimental perspectives on the experiences of today's grandmothers

Table Of Contents

Your sixty-year-old: friend or foe? / Molly Giles -- How I got to be queen of England / Elizabeth Berg -- What counts / Beverly Lowry -- Nana / Roxana Robinson -- Now you see me, now you don't / Lynne Sharon Schwartz -- If you knew Harry-- / Susan Shreve -- What I want to be when I grow up / Virginia Ironside -- Facebook grandma / Rona Maynard -- Sitting here in limbo / Jill Nelson -- La-Z-Nana / Abigail Thomas -- Ten straight days / Beverly Donofrio -- Angel baby / Marita Golden -- When things go tilt / Claire Roberts -- The road to imperfection / Judith Guest -- The age thing / Kate Lehrer -- How things happen / Sallie Tisdale -- The rivals / Judith Viorst -- Eye of my heart / Barbara Graham -- Gained in translation / Bharati Mukherjee -- Déjà vu / Marcie Fitzgerald -- The owie tree / Sandra Benitez -- Grandmothers should be seen and not heard / Anne Roiphe -- Making memories / Letty Cottin Pogrebin -- On becoming an ancestor / Ellen Gilchrist -- Everything that goes up must come down / Susan Griffin -- Highway Helen / Lynn Lauber

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