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title: "Old Age: A Beginner's Guide"
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# Old Age: A Beginner's Guide

**Brand:** michael kinsley
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Should or shouldn't we share this with twin sons recovering from brain tumor operations?
  

*by C***N on Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2016*

If one reads this book as I just did, it strikes me as appealing to several level of abstraction. On one level, it relates some humorous experiences of the author after he decided to go public with news of his Parkinson's disease. There are pros and cons, of course. But it's still a good read, regardless.At my level, it speaks to the experiences we've had with young identical twin sons who had identical brain tumors removed. My wife and I have never discussed with them their post-operation experiences and attitudes. I assume they're similar to Kinsley's, but they are both living normal (so far as we can tell, anyway) productive lives and we feel it would be an unwanted intrusion to inquire.The question for the jury: should we make them aware of this book or even send them copies? Answer: We don't think so. It would be the equivalent of doing what we've avoided so far--intruding.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Useful book
  

*by J***D on Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2024*

Helpful book about the author’s experiences with aging and Parkinson’s Disease. Mostly. The last two chapters are nearly-unrelated essays that read like they were tacked-on from the author’s archive of magazine articles because the publisher wanted a higher page count. I recommend skipping the last two chapters; the book is complete without them.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Very uneven
  

*by K***S on Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2016*

The book is very uneven.Michael Kinsley had me at "hello"...I loved his observations of older people. Being a boomer myself I am trying to learn what IS typical of old folks and try NOT be like them, hehe. I don't want to stop strangers doing their laps in a swimming pool, to tell them how old I am, and what I used to do for a living. The author is witty and self deprecating. I liked his assessment of the problem of having to give up driving - and I really thought highly of him for doing it for his wife. I appreciated the info about Parkinson's, found it all interesting.But then...then Kinsley went on to ramble about the national debt and Americans becoming Islam-Nazis. I do not share his political opinions and I bought his book to read about old age and NOT to find out what Mr. Kinsley thinks about inheritance tax. He is certainly entitled to an opinion on that, I just think I was duped to pay for reading it. Overall I enjoyed reading the first half of the book tremendously...but the book is not that long, so - I enjoyed it for just a little while.

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