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Sto caricando le informazioni... Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now (originale 2004; edizione 2008)di Gordon Livingston (Autore)
Informazioni sull'operaToo Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now di Gordon Livingston (2004)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This is worth reading. ( ) I am a reader of the "This I believe" genre, and so I undertook reading Gordon Livingston's 30 pearls of wisdom. Early on I found myself enjoying his unique perspective as a Vietnam vet and dissenter, psychiatrist, and parent who suffered the loss of two children, one by suicide and one who succumbed to leukemia. Later as the author wound his way through life's events offering up his beliefs on each, his wise-pater tone gave way to a grand-paternal ranting tone. Looking back at the cover, I recognized the ranting tone is present in the title. I disliked this tone and felt it makes the conveying of wisdom less effective. Nevertheless, there is plenty of thought provoking wisdom here and a healthy rant can provide grating emphasis. Elizabeth Edwards's forward to this collection of short essays summed up how I felt about it perfectly: "Gordon and I come from different worlds, and on many things we have different perspectives. Even when we disagree, as we do on some things--even matters covered in these essays--I appreciate that he has expressed so cogently his argument without the rancor and incivility that has come to mark so much of contemporary dialogue." This book is a gentle admonition to be loving, courageous, patient, and forgiving. He writes with the wisdom that heartbreak brings (his two sons died within 13 months of one another, one from suicide, the other from cancer), and his grief lends him authority when he writes that full lives can be lived in the face of heartbreak and immense disappointment. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
From a psychiatrist who has spent the past thirty years listening to other people's most intimate secrets and troubles-an eloquent, incisive, and deeply perceptive book about the things we all share-and which every one of us grapples with as we strive to make the most of the life we have left. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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