Review by l1nds - It's Hard to be Hip Over Thirty ... and Other Tragedies of Married Life ; And, People & Other Aggravations

A review by l1nds
It's Hard to be Hip Over Thirty ... and Other Tragedies of Married Life ; And, People & Other Aggravations by Judith Viorst

4.0

Bought on a whim for the title (and that of the other volume included, People & Other Aggravations) this was amusing and well observed - although somewhat dated, nevertheless these poems are a snapshot of married life for the middle classes in the New York of the 60s and 70s. Probably best read with an ice cold martini in hand! And some of them are quite timeless:

I'd planned to be Heathcliff's Cathy, Lady Brett,
Nicole or Dominique or Scarlett O'Hara.
I hadn't planned to be folding up the laundry
In uncombed hair and last night's smudged mascara,

A review by l1nds It's Hard to be Hip Over Thirty ... and Other Tragedies of Married Life ; And, People &amp; Other Aggravations by Judith Viorst

A review by l1nds
It's Hard to be Hip Over Thirty ... and Other Tragedies of Married Life ; And, People & Other Aggravations by Judith Viorst