Judith Viorst is known and loved by readers of all ages, for children's books
such as Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; nonfiction
titles, including the bestseller Necessary Losses; and her collections of
humorous poetry, which make perfect gifts for birthdays, Mother's Day,
graduation, Christmas, Chanukah, or at any time of year. Now Judith Viorst looks
at what it's like to be (gulp) fifty.
Writing with the warmth and authenticity that have become her trademarks, Viorst
once again demonstrates her uncanny ability to transform our daily realities
into poems that make us laugh with recognition. Whether her subject is the
decline of the