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Old Age is Not for Sissies
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
That was the motto of my Well-Read Wife’s grandmother, Dorothy Windsor, years ago, before it became a common piece of wisdom. I was reminded of it when I heard about Dudley Clendinen’s new book, “A Place Called Canterbury: Tales of the New Old Age in America.”
Clendinen, a former New York Times reporter and editor at this newspaper, spent more than 400 days over a span of a few years at Canterbury Tower, a geriatric apartment facility in Tampa, where his elderly mother lived. He made friends with many of the residents, listened to their stories, and has written this book, trying to capture what it means to be old in today’s culture.
Full disclosure: I knew Clendinen years ago when he worked here, and I thought the world of him as a journalist and a person.
Here’s what our reviewer Don O’Briant wrote Sunday: “A Place Called Canterbury” is “a graceful and insightful account of life at Canterbury by a writer who is as much a participant as an observer.”
Clendinen will be at Outwrite Bookstore, 991 Piedmont Ave., at 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, to discuss and sign his new book.
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