Coming to Age be smart about who forced himself to reckon

who forced himself to reckon with his own complex legacy

But when young Sally's father -- a man she has never known -- enters her life and offers another story altogether

and nothing about their lives will ever be the same

and space opera at its best (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))

Coming to Age be smart about who forced himself to reckonThis exquisitely giftable anthology of poems about age and aging reveals the wisdom of trailblazing writers who found power and growth later in life. At eighty two, the novelist Penelope Lively wrote: "Our experience is one unknown to most of humanity, over time. We are the pioneers." Coming to Age is a collection of dispatches from the great poet pioneers who have been fortunate enough to live into their later years. Those later years can be many