Recommended reading about age, beauty, and a lot more: Ruth Ozeki

viva

I just read the Kindle single, Face: A Time Code, by Ruth Ozeki, the author of A Tale for the Time Being (one of my favorite books ever). This slim book is a stirring meditation on beauty, family, ritual, aging, and -- ultimately -- connection. I highly recommend it if these are the kinds of things you think about. As a 50+ woman, I think about these things more and more. Hope you try it.

8 years ago

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Summer

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Thank you, Viva. This sounds interesting.

8 years ago

Anonymous

Ooh, thanks, Viva. I'm looking for a good read on an upcoming flight.

8 years ago

Anonymous

Oh - I don't know this one , and I think I know everything Heading over to Indigo to download right now. Thanks for the recommendation - I love to learn from your thoughtfulness.

8 years ago

rachylou

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Oh, good rec!

8 years ago

kkards

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thanks....adding this to my wishlist

8 years ago

Mochi

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That sounds great! Thanks, I otherwise might not have heard about it for a while. Ozeki is actually a friend of some good friends of ours, and I've met her a few times (but long, long ago when she lived in NYC--now she's out in British Columbia somewhere). She was a cool, unassuming person, though. Last time we met, her breakthrough novel, My Year of Meats, was about to enter publication. It ended up being a big hit. If you haven't yet read it, you really should!

8 years ago

Karie

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I'm putting this on my wish list now, thanks for the recommendation.

8 years ago

Lyn D.

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Ta, I will check this out.

8 years ago

Style Fan

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I will look it up. Thanks for the recommendation.

8 years ago

viva

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Mochi, I started My Year of Meats but it got lost in the shuffle somewhere. I must pick it up again. I can't believe you have met Ozeki (several times)! She is probably the living writer I'd most want to dine with.

8 years ago

Marley

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She is one of my favorite authors. I'll never forget 'My Year of Meats.'

8 years ago

Mochi

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viva, besides being a writer, I've heard that she and her husband raise chickens, and she's also a Buddhist priest!

8 years ago

Isabel

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Thanks ! I will have to read both. I have a dear friend of almost 30 years who has many wrinkles around her eyes and the top of her nose. And I just love them, especially when she laughs. She used to do stand up comedy and has always been so much fun and it just brings it all back to me.

Mochi...a Buddhist priest who raises chickens ! My kinda lady !

8 years ago

Colette

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Thanks for the recommendation! Perfect timing, we have a long car trip coming up and I was thinking about taking a book.

8 years ago

viva

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Buddhism figures prominently in The Face and Tale for the Time Being, Mocchi (and all).

8 years ago

Isabel

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What a wonderful book. I downloaded it immediately and read it. It was so unbelievably moving. Not just because I don't look at my face closely ( I am always in a rush it seems and it seems somewhat narcissistic ) but because I realized that I don't really look at others' faces closely . I used to stare at my children when they were young...I have started doing that again. Which freaks them out. And my elderly parents. There is so much in their faces. THANK YOU !

8 years ago

Suz

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And if you enjoyed the book (which I have not read yet -- thank you for this recommendation!) here is a very interesting conversation on CBC's Writers & Co. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/writer.....identity-1

7 years ago

Isabel

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SUz...awesome ! Thank you.

7 years ago

Janet

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Thank you for the recommendation. I ordered it and it's now on my nightstand.

7 years ago

Janet

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Vivian, I wanted to let you know that I both downloaded Face: A Time Code (saving for later) and ordered a paper version of A Tale for the Time Being -- I'm only 60 pages in but really enjoying it. I'm reminded slightly of Haruki Murakami but more relatable (especially from a female perspective). Thank you for the recommendation!

7 years ago