Marilyn Reynolds

There is a myriad of reasons why I want to hang out with Marilyn Reynolds. First and foremost, she is funny AF. Secondly, she boycotts In-N-Out Burger because they donate to the Republican party. Thirdly, she is a realist. If you want proof, just read her chapter on her perspective of firsts and lasts (first couch she bought with a husband, last sex she'll ever have...). And. And! And, if that wasn't enough, she swears like a sailor. I laughed out loud when she considered taking up vaping.
I can only imagine that Over 80 is a lot like Over 70 in that it features essays about getting older and I have to wonder if that is true, could you string them together to make a disjointed autobiography of sorts? Reynolds is a realist I can appreciate. She became a writer (and a funny one at that) when she discovered there weren't enough "real" books for students. She wanted to satisfy a need to see honest and relatable situations for the students in her classroom. It reminds me of my father saying "if you don't like the way something is done, do it yourself!" My only complaint, if I were to dredge one up, is that Over 80 ends abruptly. Because I was reading the e-version I didn't have a sense of when the story was coming to a close.… (mehr)