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. Suddenly Sixty is a funny and touching book that speaks directly to the
sixty-ish woman, inviting her to laugh about, sigh over, and come to hopeful
terms with the complex issues of this decade of life.
Among the poems in this charmingly illustrated collection are those exploring
the joys--and strains--of