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Now We Are Sixty : 20th Anniversary Edition - Christopher Matthew

Now We Are Sixty

20th Anniversary Edition

By: Christopher Matthew

Hardcover | 14 October 1999 | Edition Number 1

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For those turning sixty, this new edition of Christopher Matthew''s tribute to A. A. Milne''s classic poems contains fresh material as well as the old favourites.

''A wonderful present to sixty-year-olds'' Auberon Waugh, Daily Telegraph


When Christopher was six, the poems of Milne were always on hand to reassure him that other children were just as puzzled and naughty and silly as he was, and that grown-ups could be even sillier.

When he turned sixty, he decided it was high time there was an equally reassuring volume for those of his generation who were not only more confused than ever, but were losing their teeth, their hair and, all too often, their car keys.

What he did twenty years ago was to take some of Milne''s best-loved poems from Now We Are Six for an older audience, with results that are often hilarious, sometimes rueful and always thought-provoking. Some verses are about realising one is not as young as one once thought, and not feeling quite as chipper as one once did; while others address some of the more disconcerting problems of modern life such as mobile telephones on trains, unsocial behaviour, traffic jams and the internet.

Industry Reviews
This affectionate tribute to Milne follows the familiar rhythms and rhyme schemes of the master - The Oldie

Matthews retains the rhythms of the originals while neatly and wittily updating them to fit the modern world ... aided and abetted by David Eccles' faithfully rendered illustrations. - Glasgow Herald

humorous pastiches ... a charming book - Glasgow Herald

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