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The Uncoined Dictionary of Getting Older: Words for the Creaks, Freedoms, and Small Astonishments of Getting On
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Series: The Uncoined Dictionaries
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ISBN13: 9798184425313
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 26 2026
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 26 2026
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
There is a word for the fear of spiders, but none for the small daily astonishment of being awake to see the dawn. The Uncoined Dictionary of Getting Older fixes that - and hundreds of other gaps in the language of getting on.
Wendell Quillfeather names the creaks, freedoms, and quiet astonishments of age: the soft sound a body makes when standing, the half-hour farewell at the door, the gentle accounting of a life. For each he invents a word and defines it, deadpan, with great tenderness.
Wendell Quillfeather names the creaks, freedoms, and quiet astonishments of age: the soft sound a body makes when standing, the half-hour farewell at the door, the gentle accounting of a life. For each he invents a word and defines it, deadpan, with great tenderness.
Funny enough to give and warm enough to keep - a perfect milestone-birthday or retirement gift for anyone getting older with good humour.
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