The Tick of Two Clocks

Old age is no longer a blip in the calendar, just a few declining years before the end. Old age is now a major, important part of life. It should command as much thought as teenagers give to exam results and young people contemplating a future life together.

I am in my 80s and moving towards the end of my life. In a literal sense I have moved from my home of fifty odd years into another . . . the home where I will live out my days. Writing here of how it happened is both a reconciliation of what cannot be avoided, and a confrontation with the inevitable.

About the author

Joan Bakewell has had a fifty year career in broadcasting and is still at it. Born in Stockport, graduated in Cambridge, she has published an autobiography, The Centre of the Bed, and two novels: All the Nice Girls and She's Leaving Home. She has two children, six grandchildren, and sits in the House of Lords as a Labour Peer. She lives in North London.

Summary

From the acclaimed broadcaster, a story of moving on, a tale of downsizing and the essentials of a good old age.

Foreword

From the acclaimed broadcaster, a story of moving on, a tale of downsizing and the essentials of a good old age.

Additional text

At 88 years old, broadcaster and Labour peer Joan Bakewell shows little sign of slowing down her work rate, yet she has had to confront her age in another way - downsizing

Product details

• Authors: Joan Bakewell, Bakewell Joan
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9780349013930
• ISBN: 978-0-349-01393-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 124 mm x 194 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, joan bakewell book; new joan bakewell book; growing old