{"product_id":"this-way-up-old-friends-new-love-and-a-map-for-the-road-ahead-9780735248632","title":"This Way Up: Old Friends, New Love, and a Map for the Road Ahead","description":"\u003cb\u003eA funny, closely observed, and briskly honest guide the pleasures and perils of living life fully as a woman on the road to the far side of mid-life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the age of sixty-eight, with children well-launched and husband long-exed and recently retired from a demanding career, Cathrin Bradbury realized she needed a map--several in fact, some physical, some of the mind and heart--to guide her through the coming milestones and all of the inevitable \"comes with age\" stuff. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is her report from the road; a joyful, polished, often hilarious, sometimes heart-wrenching exploration of the questions and (some) answers that arise when you hit the three-quarter mark of a busy life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow do you stop shaming yourself about an aging body? (Hint: listen to the kids!) What are you willing to give up to pursue the creative passion you long ago put aside--and what might you gain in return? How do you become someone who allows the day to unfold after decades of list-making and agenda-managing? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd what might happen if one day, after nearly fifty years, you suddenly get a text from your first true love? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on her own life and conversations with siblings, younger family members, friends, as well as authorities in social science, philosophy, and literature, Cathrin Bradbury carries us with her as she explores this territory that we all hope to reach, taking on new ideas and adventures with insight, soaring optimism, and a bracing dose of humor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCATHRIN BRADBURY worked as a leader and top editor of major Canadian news organizations and magazines for forty years, including as Senior News Director at CBC News, Senior Editor at \u003ci\u003eMaclean's \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, and Managing Editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, where she won two National Newspaper Awards for Special Projects. She currently writes features and a column for the \u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e called \"The 3\/4 Life Crisis,\" and is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, where her feature article \"The End of Retirement\" was nominated for a National Magazine Award in 2024. Her first book, a memoir entitled \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Side\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2021. She lives in Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51243899879698,"sku":"9780735248632","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_af38d60a-e1fb-4fd3-abd2-49fe80561645.jpg?v=1745874743","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-way-up-old-friends-new-love-and-a-map-for-the-road-ahead-9780735248632","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}