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Allende, Isabel Gross, Zenith Henkin. Gubar, Susan Hennezel, Marie de Pell, Eve. Scarf, MaggieSummary: Fred, an elderly man who has just lost his wife, moves into an apartment where he meets Elsa who teaches him to enjoy life and love again, in spite of their disapproving children.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Elsa 2014Gubar, Susan
Summary: "'Tender, unsparing, poignant. . . . [A] love story that braids together intimate self-revelation with a rich meditation on the literature of aging.'-- Stephen Greenblatt. On Susan Gubar's seventieth birthday, she receives a beautiful ring from her husband, a gift that startles her into an appreciation of their luck. As she contemplates their sustaining relationship, Susan considers how older...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GUBAR, SUSAN GUBAllende, Isabel
Summary: "From internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende comes an exquisitely crafted love story and multigenerational epic that sweeps from present-day San Francisco to Poland and the United States during WWII. In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis and the world goes to war, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ALLHennezel, Marie de
Summary: "With wit and a soupçon of irreverence, Marie de Hennezel shows that there is no age limit for erotic joy. Through interviews with countless older French women and men, de Hennezel uncovers a plethora of tips for enjoying a rich and satisfying sex life after age sixty. She suggests that perhaps the most important point is to have a positive self-image-to love yourself-and instead of worrying...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.9 HENScarf, Maggie
Summary: The author interviews married couples age fifty and over, exploring how these partnerships of up to three decades have changed and what major issues emerge during this time of life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 306.81 SCAGross, Zenith Henkin.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 GROPell, Eve.
Summary: "In Love, Again, Eve Pell beautifully and thoughtfully concludes that life experience adds dimensions to the art of connection--and that we all stand to learn something from unexpected romance. How do old people meet new loves? Eve Pell was 68 when she convinced a friend to set her up with Sam Hirabayashi. Ten years her senior, Sam, a fellow runner, was handsome and sweet. Soon Eve and Sam were...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2015