Older and Bolder: My A-Z of surviving almost everything

What to chuck and what to cherish as time goes byDame Esther is a tireless campaigner for older people, and has been particularly vocal on the subject of loneliness. Her husband died in 2000, and she has lived alone since.But she has flourished and thrived, professionally as a journalist, broadcaster and campaigner, in her personal life as a happy widow and grandmother, and recently embracing the lifestyle changes imposed upon her during Covid.In this easy to access A-Z, drawing on her own life experience and hard-earned wisdom, Dame Esther uses her combination of cheery humour, empathetic advice and frank taboo-breaking to provide a trusty handbook for all her fellow golden agers, who enjoy being the life the soul.
Be bolder as you grow older, and make sure you float above any challenges that threaten to overwhelm you. Multi-award-winning broadcaster, founder of Child Line and Silver Line, campaigner, journalist, author, not forgetting mother and grandmother, joyous life force of our times Dame Esther Rantzen dazzles in the glory of getting older and ever bolder.And now in this punchy, energizing A-Z, she looks back from her ninth decade, and shares her most significant memories, from meeting Princess Diana to creating a national outrage with a short film about a driving dog, and reflects with candour and humour on the lessons she's learnt, revealing the hints, hacks and personal philosophies that have been her secrets of surviving almost everything. Although she covers her most recent challenge in a powerful Afterword, this is a book about living, not dying.We may not all achieve what Dame Esther has, but here we can soak up her wisdom, laugh with her, learn from her, embrace the passing years and march boldly on.