Getting Better All the Time
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (628 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0671611577 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Liz Carpenter was a remarkable American Icon!!` I bought this book used on Amazon 2 days before Liz Carpenter passed away. Im so very lucky to have known her, even if only casually, years ago while living in Midland TX. She was truly a remarkable and gifted person. She lived her life to the fullest and everyone who knew her, loved her humor, wit, and wisdom. She showed us all how to be better and really LIVE, not by telling us how, but by her living example. She impacted my life in a most profound way. Rest in pea
What Liz Carpenter has written is a reflection on the life experiences of a woman, albeit an extraordinary woman, from youth and career, marriage and motherhood, widowhood, and the joys and adventures of a happy middle age.
. There are chapters on Carpenter's ancestors, important to the history of the Lone Star State, but more about the challenge of living alone and the concerns of aging. Regrettably, the book is pervaded by a cloying lump-in-the-throat sentimentality. From Publishers Weekly Intended primarily, if not exclusively, for female readers, this highly personal reminiscence looks at the author's life before her success in Washington as Lady Bird Johnson's press aid and following her widowhood and subsequent ret