Kindle Price: $4.99

Promotions apply when you purchase

These promotions will be applied to this item:

Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions.

Read with our free app
You've subscribed to ! We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. When new books are released, we'll charge your default payment method for the lowest price available during the pre-order period.
Update your device or payment method, cancel individual pre-orders or your subscription at
Your Memberships & Subscriptions

Buy for others

Give as a gift or purchase for a team or group.
Learn more

Buying and sending eBooks to others

  1. Select quantity
  2. Buy and send eBooks
  3. Recipients can read on any device

These ebooks can only be redeemed by recipients in the US. Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold.
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Amazon book clubs early access
Loading your book clubs
There was a problem loading your book clubs. Please try again.
Not in a club? Learn more
Amazon book clubs early access

Join or create book clubs

Choose books together

Track your books
Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.
Explore Amazon Book Clubs

Follow the authors

See all
LD Masterson
Follow
Linda Hoye
Follow
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

Still Me...After All These Years: 24 Writers Reflect on Aging Kindle Edition

by Karen Helene Walker (Author), Mark David Gerson (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
See all formats and editions
Poignant...Humorous...Brutally Honest!

A collection of personal reflections guaranteed to keep you inspired and entertained on that journey we all travel together: The Journey of Aging

With a blend of grace, dignity, warmth and humor, women and men from 60 to 90 and from all walks of life candidly share the blessings and pitfalls of aging – from keeping dreams alive and keeping sex lives active to dealing with retirement, loss of independence and a growing sense of mortality.

A BOOK ABOUT LIVING EVERY MOMENT OF LIFE!
Previous page
  1. Print length
    220 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publication date
    March 8, 2017
  5. File size
    1999 KB
  6. Page Flip
    Enabled
  7. Word Wise
    Enabled
  8. Enhanced typesetting
    Enabled
  9. See all details
Next page

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Karen Helene Walker is an essayist, novelist and memoirist and author of the Wishing Steps and Following the Whispers. She is currently working on a new memoir. When not writing, Karen sings and dances in nursing homes and retirement communities as part of the Sugartime musical group, travels with her husband of 20 years, Gary, or relaxes with a good book at their home in Albuquerque.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06WWRK82K
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (March 8, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 8, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1999 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 220 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1542894352
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 17 ratings

About the authors

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Previous page
  1. LD Masterson

    LD Masterson

    Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
    Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

    LD Masterson loves short mysteries, dark or light, especially with a twist. She enjoys writing quirky characters, and you may find her stories involve a dog, a goat, or even a rooster.

    Born in Boston, and a diehard Red Sox fan, LD lived on both coasts before becoming landlocked in Ohio where she lives with her husband and a neurotic Jack Russell terrier named Sophie. She divides her time between writing and enjoying her grandchildren. If you’d like to know more, check out her mini memoir “On Dreams, Appetites and Possibilities” in STILL ME…AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

    http://ldmasterson-author.blogspot.com

    http://ldmasterson.com

    See more on the author's page
  2. Pat Garcia

    Pat Garcia

    Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
    Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

    A writer, singer, and musician, Pat Garcia, lives as an ExPatriate on the European Continent. She is a voracious reader of literature from all genres and loves knitting, playing chest, playing her piano and watching Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes films.

    A multicultural writer, she writes stories that encapsulate Romance with a mainstream touch, a sense of suspense, and fantasy.

    See more on the author's page
  3. Linda Hoye

    Linda Hoye

    Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
    Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

    Linda Hoye lives in her hometown in Saskatchewan, Canada, with her husband and their doted-upon Yorkshire Terrier. She thought by now she’d have things figured out, but keeps coming up with more questions, and believes that’s okay. She is the author of The Presence of Absence: A Story About Busyness, Brokenness, and Being Beloved and Two Hearts: An Adoptee’s Journey Through Grief to Gratitude and Living Liminal: A Slice of Pandemic Life. Find her online at www.lindahoye.com where she ponders ordinary days and the thin places where faith intersects.

    See more on the author's page
Next page

Customer reviews

4.2 out of 5 stars
4.2 out of 5
17 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

Ann Carbine Best
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2018
Verified Purchase
Loved this book. Every mini-essay speaks to me as I’m one of the “after all these years” people celebrated here. There are gems of humor, such as “who needs a facelift,” and spiritual reflection such as “I posit that my spirit does not age” and “I pray for guidance from the God of my choosing.”
The key word is choosing. All those who contributed to this wonderful collection have chosen to face their “older” years with courage and faith, “kindness and love.” Wisdom hopefully comes with age, and within these pages that wisdom is evident. I smile at this nugget of humor and wisdom: “No one can be on a guilt trip unless they buy a ticket.”
No one is on such a trip here. Rather, there is simply this wonderful group of human beings who silently or openly like my blogger and author friend Patricia Stoltey proclaim, “I take pleasure in what I can still do and let the other things go.” I’ve taped this on my mind!
Thank you, Karen Helene Walker, wonderful author in her own right of a novel and a memoir, both of which I have read and applaud. Thank you for persevering with this “Still Me” project. Your editing skills and your own contribution to this collection have made it a most enjoyable read.
3 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
nurse75
4.0 out of 5 stars Still Me...
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2019
Verified Purchase
Lovely book. Good read.
Helpful
 Report
Susan Scott
5.0 out of 5 stars Aging
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2017
Verified Purchase
This is a truly wonderful book. Each writer writes with skill and honesty. I was deeply touched how each faces the inevitably of aging, and death that they've had to face, of parents or partners, or friends. Each writes from his and her own experience and the different issues they face; sex or not in their golden years; walkers if required; ageism and sexism; losses of children leaving home or retirement from professions; and much much more. And while there are memories from younger times, there is the realisation that yes, they have changed, in growing wisdom; more focus and motivation on self-expression in the years left; an awereness of their ancestors' influence and an awareness of the temporary nature of life with all its difficulties and challenges that aging can and does bring.
Throughout all these marvellous stories I feel the vitality of each and everyone, irrespective of whether 90 or 82, or approaching 60. (still young!) Some write of taking up new interests eg swimming at age 65 and are now much better at it than ever before. There are still gardens to harvest, whether literally or metaphorically. These stories give me great joy and make me less fearful of this process.
It would make a great gift to one's self and to another ...Highly recommended, it is truly a gem
3 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Lee A. Lefton
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a real upper!
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2017
Verified Purchase
Perhaps Bette Davis said it best. "Getting old is not for sissies." Well you wouldn't know it when you read this book. None of the 24 contributors gives the least impression of being a sissy. Rather, they're all frank, realistic and often quite funny. That's a great way to look at aging. No downers here.
2 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Michelle Wallace
5.0 out of 5 stars A collection of authentic voices.
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2017
Beautiful, thought-provoking pieces in this collection of authentic voices.

The book showcases a range of experiences and reflections that really made me think...
In the words of an amazing, spirited and intellectually-active 90-year-old contributor who listens to audio books (which I have yet to do): "there was a 'mortality reality' to what I was undergoing"; and wise words from a contributor who says: "I try not to look at impermanence as a hard boundary, but rather as a supple frame for living each moment..."; plus, I'd love to know the outcome of the brave and determined 65-year-old who asks: "Could a woman alone navigate visa regulations, foreign real-estate offices, foreign languages and, ultimately, solitude in a strange neighbourhood?" Wow.

There are so many lessons to learn from these pieces. I think the most important one, is that we should focus more on the aging process and less on actually dying!
(In April, I won the e-book in a rafflecopter giveaway at Karen Helene Walker's blog)
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
C. Lee McKenzie
5.0 out of 5 stars An Insightful Collection
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2017
It's difficult to rank an anthology on a 1-5 star scale. Even though it's themed and there are common threads throughout each piece, the writing styles are quite different. That's in part what makes a collection like this a delight to read.

I meandered through these essays. I liked taking my time to savor the experiences and the reflections of each writer. There was joy and there was sadness, a poignancy on what it's like to come into a time when we can look back so much farther than we're able to look into the future.

What struck me most about each story was the honesty in the telling. I valued that above all. This a small insightful treasure each writer has left for those who on the path behind them. With each essay, I savored the words, related to them and felt the connections we all share.
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Stephanie Faris
5.0 out of 5 stars Aging isn't so bad, after all!
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2017
I actually learned from Still Me, and I'm not so young myself! The overriding theme of this book is that no matter how old you get, you don't really feel that age. Writers battle the war between missing their younger skin, joints, and vitality and embracing the comfort they feel with who they are. These essays are inspiring...and they make you realize you have a lot to look forward to. As one author quoted, considering the alternative, aging isn't too bad at all!
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
TN Girl
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read for Anyone Over 40
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2017
This lovely anthology on aging was a gift from one of the author contributors (Susan Flett Swiderski). The writings were honest and inspiring. While I would like to share this book with others, I won't. I'll have to buy them their own copies because this one isn't leaving my house. It will be revisited many times. Thank you Susan and thank you Karen Helene Walker for putting these writings together. Brilliant!
Helpful
 Report
Report an issue

Does this item contain inappropriate content?
Report
Do you believe that this item violates a copyright?
Report
Does this item contain quality or formatting issues?
Report