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The autobiography of an elderly woman

The story of growing old in another age. The time is the early 1910s, the protagonist a grandmother. She complains her children treat her like a child, taking her for walks and car rides to keep her healthy, activities she hates. One can only speculate how grandma would view the modern practice of sending aging relatives to old people's homes.

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  • "The story of growing old in another age. The time is the early 1910s, the protagonist a grandmother. She complains her children treat her like a child, taking her for walks and car rides to keep her healthy, activities she hates. One can only speculate how grandma would view the modern practice of sending aging relatives to old people's homes."@en
  • "The story of growing old in another age. The time is the early 1910s, the protagonist a grandmother. She complains her children treat her like a child, taking her for walks and car rides to keep her healthy, activities she hates. One can only speculate how grandma would view the modern practice of sending aging relatives to old people's homes."
  • "Speaking just after the turn of the century, the elderly voice of the author talks about the onset of old age, rejoicing in grandchildren, complaining of the constraints that one's children and society place on older people, musing on the approach of infirmity and death, and celebrating the motto, "as soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.""@en
  • "Mary Heaton Vorse looks back on her life from the perspective of old age, focusing on the challenges and indignities of being an elderly woman with grown children and grandchildren."
  • "Mary Heaton Vorse looks back on her life from the perspective of old age, focusing on the challenges and indignities of being an elderly woman with grown children and grandchildren."@en

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  • "Biography"
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "The autobiography of an elderly woman"@en
  • "Autobiography of an elderly woman"@en
  • "Autobiography of an elderly woman"