LEADER 04140nam 2200697 450 001 9910797692503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-52533-8 024 7 $a10.7312/bura15184 035 $a(CKB)3710000000473232 035 $a(EBL)4414118 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001555594 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16180306 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001555594 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14137319 035 $a(PQKB)10262273 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001285067 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4414118 035 $a(DE-B1597)458264 035 $a(OCoLC)922006887 035 $a(OCoLC)979574367 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231525336 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4414118 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11210764 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL829596 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000473232 100 $a20160525h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe lioness in winter $ewriting an old woman's life /$fAnn Burack-Weiss 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-15184-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tINTRODUCTION. Aging, I Wrote -- $t1. WHO IS THAT OLD WOMAN? -- $t2. WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT SOMETIMES, SOME DAYS, ABOUT SOME THINGS -- $t3. I HAD LOOKED AT MYSELF IN THE FULL-LENGTH MIRROR -- $t4. HOW WE ARE WITH EACH OTHER -- $t5. BUT WHO WERE THEY? -- $t6. THERE IS A GRACE IN DEATH, THERE IS LIFE -- $t7. MY MAP OF A PLACE -- $t8. INTERESTED IN BIG THINGS AND HAPPY IN SMALL WAYS -- $t9. JUST SHOW UP -- $t10. FIERCE WITH REALITY -- $tCONCLUSION. Aging, I Write -- $tAFTERWORD. Bright as Stars in the Heaven of My Mind -- $tAnnotated Readings -- $tReferences 330 $aWhen she started working with the aged more than forty years ago, Ann Burack-Weiss began storing the knowledge and skills she thought would help when she got old herself. It was not until she hit her mid-seventies that she realized she had packed sneakers to climb Mount Everest, not anticipating the crevices and chasms that constitute the rocky terrain of old age. The professional gerontological and social work literature offered little help, so she turned to the late-life works of beloved women authors who had bravely climbed the mountain and sent back news from the summit. Maya Angelou, Colette, Simone de Beauvoir, Joan Didion, Marguerite Duras, M. F. K. Fisher, Doris Lessing, Mary Oliver, Adrienne Rich, May Sarton, and Florida Scott-Maxwell were among the many guides she turned to for inspiration. In The Lioness in Winter, Burack-Weiss blends an analysis of key writings from these and other famed women authors with her own wisdom to create an essential companion for older women and those who care for them. She fearlessly examines issues such as living with loss, finding comfort and joy in unexpected places, and facing disability and death. This book is filled with powerful passages from women who turned their experiences of aging into art, and Burack-Weiss ties their words to her own struggles and epiphanies, framing their collective observations with key insights from social work practice. 517 3 $aWriting an old woman's life 606 $aOld age in literature 606 $aOlder women in literature 606 $aAging in literature 606 $aLiterature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLife change events in literature 615 0$aOld age in literature. 615 0$aOlder women in literature. 615 0$aAging in literature. 615 0$aLiterature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLife change events in literature. 676 $a809/.93354 700 $aBurack-Weiss$b Ann$0966685 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797692503321 996 $aThe lioness in winter$93723492 997 $aUNINA