Judy Kugel, Harvard Author - 70-Something: Life, Love, and Limits in the Bonus Years

Registration: The event is free, but we request that you sign up so we can keep track of numbers. Send an email message to Margaret Carayannopoulos at margaretc15@comcast.net or call 781-820-7408. Provide your name and contact information in case of change of venue or time. Notices will be sent to all HURA E-List subscribers in early October.

Kugel pens book about being 70-something HURA’s author series continues this fall on Tuesday October 30, 2:00-4:00, in the Phillips Brooks House living room with a Harvard author who talks of the trials and tribulations of aging–and life after Harvard. Judy F. Kugel’s 70-Something: Life, Love, and Limits in the Bonus Years [2017] describes the unique challenges of living in the eighth decade of life, as anyone already in or nearing it well knows. That’s why readers frequently find themselves nodding in recognition when reading this book, based on Kugel’s popular twice-weekly blog www.70-something.com that The New York Times described as “quietly dramatic”. She shares often tender, inevitably wise, and frequently humorous insights into life. Kugel describes her sense of loss on leaving her work community in 2013 after thirty-three years as associate dean of students at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and of her successful quest for an engaging retirement. Her candid descriptions of married life, parenting, health issues, and friendships offer a sensitive look at how aging shapes our relationships. Kugel’s scope is broad. Enjoy her take on travel, food, and exercise. You’ll relate to her attempts at wrinkle eradication, to seeing her mother in the mirror, and to reminding herself to be grateful for every day of her bonus years.