A review by bethreadsandnaps
Essays After Eighty by Donald Hall
3.0
Since I’ve turned 40, I’ve become increasingly interested on perspectives about aging. This is a fine memoir, but I really only came away with two takeaways from this:
1. Donald Hall become a poet laureate late in life (I had no knowledge of him before reading this).
2. His second wife Jane died of leukemia, and Donald had a bout of cancer.
Good writing. It felt like he was just getting started, and the book ended. More essays might enrich this.
1. Donald Hall become a poet laureate late in life (I had no knowledge of him before reading this).
2. His second wife Jane died of leukemia, and Donald had a bout of cancer.
Good writing. It felt like he was just getting started, and the book ended. More essays might enrich this.