Adrift in a dinghy, Edward Prendick, the single survivor from the ship Lady Vain, is rescued by a vessel carrying a menagerie of savage animals. Tended to recovery by their keeper Montgomery, who gives him medicine that tastes of blood, Prendick soon finds himself stranded upon an uncharted island in the Pacific with his rescuer and the beasts.

Max Tivoli is writing the story of his life. He is nearly seventy years old, but he looks as if he is only seven - for Max is ageing backwards. The tragedy of Max's life was to fall in love at seventeen with Alice, a girl his own age - but to her, Max looks like an unappealingly middle-aged man. However when Max reaches the age of thirty-five, with an appearance to match, he has his second chance

Like the larger anthology after which this elegant book is named, the petite version begins with Warning by Jenny Joseph (title is the first line of the poem). The resolution and confidence towards ageing is what characterises When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple . This honest approach has made readers fall in love with it over and over again. Here one can enjoy powerful excerpts and ...

Combining a historical setting, a supernatural theme and a compelling and likeable heroine, this is a novel for teen girls.

In a unique series of studies, Harvard University has followed 824 subjects from their teens to old age. Professor George Vaillant now uses these to illustrate the surprising factors involved in reaching happy, healthy old age.

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