80: From Ben Bradlee to Lena Horne to Carl Reiner, Our Most Famous Eighty Year Olds Reveal Why They Never Felt So Young

by Gerald C. Gardner, Jim Bellows, Gerald Gardner

Book Overview

"Don't be surprised, Pussycat," said Helen Gurley Brown, still flirtatious at eighty-four, "We're all survivors and proud of it. We want to talk about it."

And they do. Eighty of America's most famous eighty year-olds reflect on their journeys to the big 8-0 and describe the passions that keep them young. They all have opinions about today's world what is good about being eighty and what keeps them vital. The members of this generation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402208405
• ISBN13: 9781402208409
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

entertaining and inspiring!

This book is so entertaining and interesting... and will make you realize you don't have to get old... These people didn't!

An Inspirational Book about Life, Hope, and Longevity

This book is a must read for anyone who is 80, or who plans on being 80 one day. Your parents or grandparents will enjoy this book since they can compare their thoughts, feelings and experiences with those of the stars and celebrities they followed throughout their lives. Younger readers, and that means anyone not yet on social security, will learn how the 80 famous people discussed in this book have handled aging so gracefully, and with so much vitality. This is an inspirational book which reminds us that age need not affect how a person chooses to live life, and that life holds great rewards for anyone -- including people over 80 -- who choose to remain young at heart.

Inspiring and joyful

I've now sent this book to three people as gifts. This is a marvelous gift from all these famous 80-year-olds, to tell their stories of how they got there. Because each profile is in the first-person, I really feel as though I got to know many of these extraordinary people.

Older Than Springtime - Younger Than Fall

A wonderful read for anyone who thinks they're getting on in years and wants to know how the 80plus set keeps it interesting. It's a "How To" book that should be on every night table and coffee table.