A favorite blogger writes: "What has happened to all the women who are done with child-rearing? Young voices permeate the blogosphere." What do sixty-something women do with their lives, especially if they do not have full-time jobs? We're here to find that out.
You can argue all day about whether graphic novels really qualify as "novels". Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, is a childhood memoir about growing up in Iran under the Shah and during the frightening years that followed his departure. Very much worth seeking out, both as a key to understanding a complex subject, and as a small work of art.
posted by sixty-five at 7:48 PM
I'm sixty-five. I still live in the same suburban NJ house where I raised my three daughters. They wonder what I do all day. Now they will be able to find out, and so will I.
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I love the look of this. Will definitely look out for it. (Or is there a copy I can peruse next time I'm in GR?) Am curious how you learned of it.
As I recall I saw an ad for her newest book, Chicken with Plums, in the New Yorker, and got it from the library. That led me to Persepolis, also from the library. And now I see that there is a Persepolis 2. I'll need to get that now. And there is a fourth book, called Embroidery.
OH nO Teerorreests!
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