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Grown-Ups

Grown-Ups

Olearski, Janet

Paperback

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $8.99

ISBN10: 9895363362
ISBN13: 9789895363360
Publisher: Janet Olearski
Published: Jan 24 2025
Pages: 86
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.21 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English

It has been said that growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional. This collection of poems by Janet Olearski, explores - through female eyes - our beliefs around what it means to be 'grown-up.'

While we may believe that, once past a certain age, we have attained maturity, the evidence unfortunately indicates otherwise. We delude ourselves, just as we are deluded by others, into thinking that ours is adult behaviour. But, how adult can we be when we gossip, when we are tactless, when we are uncontrollably nosey, when we are influenced by others, when our judgement is clouded and biased? How long before we are able to assert ourselves as individuals, see through falsity, and acknowledge the realities of life? Possibly never. However, we may have moments of lucidity, nostalgia and regret... in our relationships, in love, in our creative journey, and, most significantly, in growing old.

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