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Non-Fiction

fadedrose

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5. Throw her in the car & take her to the book store

Reply to LuckyLib (Original post)

Fri Sep 26, 2014, 10:44 AM

Sep 2014

(or the library) and let her browse to her heart's content and buy when she wants.

At 91, she pretty much knows what she likes - just have the salesclerk take you to the topics Mom is interested in.....it might even be fun for her . . .

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Any suggestions for non-fiction or poetry for a sharp 91 year old woman? [View all] LuckyLib Sep 2014 OP

Has she read "Leaves of Grass" or "Autobiography of Mark Twain"? LoisB Sep 2014 #1

...and I'm sorry about your Dad. Best to your Mom. LoisB Sep 2014 #2

Thanks for book recs and kind words. LuckyLib Sep 2014 #3

Lewis Thomas!! arcane1 Sep 2014 #4

Throw her in the car & take her to the book store fadedrose Sep 2014 #5

What fadedrose said. SheilaT Sep 2014 #6

Emily Dickinson pscot Oct 2014 #7

I am reading an account of the life of Rose Wilder Lane, daughter of japple Oct 2014 #8

My mother is close in age to yours. Tipperary Jun 2015 #9