Happy Old Me: How To Live A Long Life, And Really Enjoy It

  • Autor: Hunter Davies
  • Narrador: Cameron Stewart
  • Editor: Simon & Schuster UK
  • Duración: 9:09:28
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Sinopsis

'If anyone knows how to be happy and old, it’s Hunter. Read a page before breakfast and two at night, preferably with food’- Michael Palin.

'As long as I’m alive, I’ll be with her, and she’ll be with me.' Hunter Davies on Margaret Forster.

Happy Old Me is a moving yet uplifting account of one year in Hunter Davies’ life, navigating bereavement and finding hope in the future.
 
On 8th February 2016, Margaret Forster lost her life to cancer of the spine. The days that followed for her husband, Hunter Davies, were carried out on autopilot: arrangements to be made, family and friends to be contacted. But how do you cope after you have lost your loved one? How do you carry on?

As Hunter navigates what it means to be alone again after 55 years of marriage, coping with bereavement and being elderly (he still doesn’t believe he is), he shares his wisdom and lessons he has learnt living alone again. Revealing his emotional journey over the course of one year, as well as the often ignored practical implications of becoming widowed, he learns that, ultimately, bricks and mortar may change but the memories will remain. 

Part memoir, part self-help, Happy Old Me is a fitting, heart-felt tribute to the love of his life and a surprisingly amusing and informative book about an age, and stage in life, which we might all reach someday. The third book in Hunter Davies' much-loved memoir series, which includes The Co-Op's Got Bananas and A Life in the Day

Praise for Hunter Davies:-
 
‘He recalls his childhood growing up in Scotland and Cumbria in the Forties and Fifties, capturing gritty working-class life with humour and charm and painting a vivid picture of that period of social history’ Press Association

‘What sets this book apart, though, is its avoidance of cliché and its determination to reveal everything that might be revealed.’ Daily Mail

‘Eighty-year-old Davies takes a delightfully irreverent approach to his account of his youth and his days as a rookie journalist. Food was rationed, clothes were utilitarian and life could be rough, but there was fun to be had from friendships, films, skiffle and girls’ Sunday Express

‘Davies is a wonderful companion, leading readers down memory lane with great chumminess that will really resonate with those of a certain age. This book deserves a place on the shelf beside Alan Johnson’s This Boy.’ Express

'Ken Loach might have turned all this into a powerful social film, but the avuncular Davies sprinkles in so many cheery anecdotes that the book bounces along enjoyably' Sunday Times

Capítulos

  • 001 Prologue Happy Old Me

    Duración: 09min
  • 002 Chapter1 Happy Old Me

    Duración: 30min
  • 003 Chapter2 Happy Old Me

    Duración: 27min
  • 004 Chapter3 Happy Old Me

    Duración: 31min
  • 005 Chapter4 Happy Old Me

    Duración: 30min
  • 006 Chapter5 Happy Old Me

    Duración: 40min
  • 007 Chapter6 Happy Old Me

    Duración: 36min
  • 008 Chapter7 Happy Old Me

    Duración: 40min
  • 009 Chapter8 Happy Old Me

    Duración: 29min
  • 010 Chapter9 Happy Old Me

    Duración: 43min
  • 011 Chapter10 Happy Old Me

    Duración: 36min
  • 012 Chapter11 Happy Old Me

    Duración: 31min
  • 013 Chapter12 Happy Old Me

    Duración: 34min
  • 014 Chapter13 Happy Old Me

    Duración: 33min
  • 015 Chapter14 Happy Old Me

    Duración: 52min
  • 016 Chapter15 Happy Old Me

    Duración: 14min
  • 017 Epilogue Happy Old Me

    Duración: 28min