I'm Too Young To Be Seventy: And Other Delusions (Judith Viorst's Decades) Hardcover – Illustrated, October 12, 2005

This book is funny but every bit true!

Love this writer. Love this book. What else do you get a 70 year old with a sense of humor?

Judith Viorst has been showing me the way forward since her "It's Hard to be Hip Over Thirty" appeared in 1968. "Too Young to Be Seventy" may not be quite as witty as some of her earlier work, and the subject matter is certainly duller. Neither am I, however, and as seventy draws ineluctably nearer, it's nice to know that there are amusing things about it. Many of the poems in this book are sweet and true, but some have a bit bitter in the sweet. Ms. Viorst has always known that we never really grow up inside, at least not to our calendar age, and it is the dissonance between the inner "me" and the outer old lady that gives this book its bite. So does the consciousness that time passes ever faster as we age, and that the toll of age grows apace. But despite a bit of sadness, I still laughed a lot while reading this, and read some of it aloud to my husband. Note: I gave this book to a widowed friend before reading it, and wished that I hadn't -- the lovely (and funny) descriptions of an old marriage could be hard for the bereaved to deal with.

Given as a birthday gift - she loved it!! Perfect for a woman who has everything!!!

I turn each decade just about a year after Judith Viorst and, up until turning 70, thoroughly enjoyed each lovely, funny, poignant, sad and uplifiting book in the series. I own every one of the books, starting with the wonderful first book that took me into my third decade. I have given them as gifts to friends, so it really saddens me to say that "I'm Too Young to be Seventy" just lacks the immediacy, the OMG, that is exactly right feel. Perhaps, after six decades of being right on track with each other, Judith and I took different forks in the road, but I don't think so. It just seems that this book tries too hard. Maybe it is a bit too upbeat. Where is the angst for me to cuddle up with? There were a couple of chuckles (not enough), but not a tear to be spilled. One does not turn 70 without a few tears. The book painfully strains, and ususally fails, to capture whatever it is that makes turning 70 what it is, wonderful and really terrible, and most of all, unbelievably and scarily mind-boggling. Yes, yes, condsidering the alternatives and all that, but who really spends much time considering the alternatives. So sad not to enter my Seventies with Judith by my side.

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I bought this for a friend’s 79th birthday.The book is slim but a great gift filled with charming anecdotes

I gave this to my aunt for her birthday. All of these books are so thoughtful for people hitting milestone birthdays. The hardcover book and cover art make it a thoughtful gift, and really all of the passages are applicable to all adults.

It is a great 70 th birthday gift❤️

J Voirst I have read for more than 40 years her articles in Redbook magazine, her very wise book about growing and have the neccesary lost. Some if her poetry and this one about ageing is very good with her caracteristic humos

A very entertaining book for anyone of 70. Great fun!

This makes a great gift for a woman turning 70!

It’s a gift