Here are dispatches from the edge, that narrow section of our lives where we are briefly deposited before the end. We tend to regard old age as something foreign, alien. But really, it echoes all the significant stages we passed through on our way from then to now, each bringing with it a fear of the unknown, as well as the exhilaration of trying out a new kind of existence. The Rest of Our Lives could be a guide for 80-year-olds and 40-year-olds and everyone in between.
What They’re Saying About “The Rest of Our Lives”
"The Rest of Our Lives is a beautiful, tender, deeply honest memoir about the complexities of aging.”
– Karen E. Bender, National Book Award Finalist and author of The Words of Dr. L. & Other Stories
"Are you over twenty-seven years old? If "yes," then buy this book and read it—the sooner, the better—regardless of anything about you, other than your age. The stories and insights in The Rest of Our Lives will connect you with a self that you will be learning about from now on. This book is about a big topic: you, your fears, your hopes, your time with the rest of us—before joining the Majority."
– Clyde Edgerton, New York Times best-selling author of Walking Across Egypt and Lunch at the Piccadilly
"We carry time in our hearts, in our bones. We carry memory—the person we once were alive within the person we’ve become. In The Rest of Our Lives, a gorgeous, honest, finally hopeful book of reminisce and reckoning, Judy Goldman yields her many engaging selves and her grace-inflected wisdoms. Goldman writes toward her readers as if confiding in a friend. That is because she is our friend—unabashed, trusted, and true."
– Beth Kephart, National Book Award finalist and author of Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday’s News: A Philadelphia Story
"I loved this book. It spoke to me in all the ways Judy Goldman hoped (I would imagine), and I’m certain it will resonate with a passel of readers, young and old. It’s an exploration of the nature of time itself: how we move through it, understand ourselves in it, and relearn ourselves in the reflection of the hearts of the people we love and the people who love us."
– Daniel Wallace, New York Times best-selling author of Big Fish and This Isn’t Going to End Well
"Judy Goldman looks back at her life and ahead to the future with wisdom, optimism, and charm."