Virago Book Of Grandmothers

A wonderful anthology which takes in the entire spectrum of grandmothers. Penelope Farmer sets out to acknowledge the different ways of being a grandmother: the poignancy of growing older, & overwhelming joy. She includes quotations & longer passages about grandmothers, arranged by topic: becoming a grandmother; useful grandmothers; across the generations; traditional grandmothers; lively grandmothers; powerful or heroic grandmothers; hell's grandmothers; & old age & death.Farmer, Penelope is the author of 'Virago Book Of Grandmothers', published 2000 under ISBN 9780756774233 and ISBN 0756774233.