In the Fullness of Time
32 Women on Life After 50
In the Fullness of Time is a collection of essays, poems, interviews, and photographs that speak to the experience of aging— the joys, the rewards, and the losses.
Contributors:
Abigail Thomas
Vivian Gornick
Carolyn See
Linda Gravenson
Claire Bloom
Susan Schneider
Elizabeth Frank
Jenny Allen
Laura Furman
Gail Godwin
Katherine B. Weissman
Jane Alexander
Ntozake Shange
Laura Siegel
Frances Itani
Martha Fay
Laurie Stone
Tina Howe
Sharon Olds
Erica Jong
Dr. Christiane Northrup
Helena María Viramontes
Beth Powning
Joan Nicholson
Jane O’Reilly
Marta Caals Istomin
Andrea Marcusa
Paula Fox
Gretchen Haight
Emily W. Upham
Margaret Howe Freydberg
Edna O’Brien
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Book details:
- Atria Books |
- 304 pages |
- ISBN 9781439109236 |
- April 2010
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Introduction
Linda Gravenson
When this collaboration began, around a coffee table in the Hudson Valley, I was drawn to it from a somewhat different perspective than Emily’s. I had grown up in the 1940s and ’50s, before the maps of tradition were shredded, and had come through some of the losses she was anticipating but also knew of the rewards that can follow in their wake. I’d moved to the country alone with four animals as family, lived without my city neighbors for the first time, learned to drive at fifty-three, and, most important, resumed writing and editing.
I’ve always...
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Emily W. Upham
Q. how did you come to write In the Fullness of Time?
A. At age 55 I realized that the 3 most important people in my life were going to die soon. A man who was everything to me was dying, my older husband and mother I would not grow old with. At the same time, I had to put aside my life long profession of performing classical pianist because of many back surgeries. The world was looking unrecognizable and terrifying, and I could not imagine how I would make and survive this transition. So I decided to go to older women slightly ahead of me in this process to see if I could learn from them. It occurred to me that all of my generation, the baby boomers, had arrived at an age in life when losses and major changes were going to be a constant part of our lifes. So I went on a quest. It was a rich and rewarding process for many reasons.
Linda Gravenson
Q. how did you come to write In the Fullness of Time?
A. I had come through a number of losses and was attracted to Emily's quest for "maps" for this terrain of life after 50. I was eager to bring "change" to our landscape of "loss" - as I knew some of my more significant shifts might not have occured without loss. I've always loved anthologies, particularly personal essays, which are free to explore a subject rich with complexity. We were excited by the range of responses we had to our invitations for essays. As I've said in my Introduction "These are the women I'd want in my lifeboat."
