The Summer of a Dormouse
Another Part of Life
by John Mortimer
Overview
From the Publisher
In The Summer of a Dormouse, John Mortimer describes what it is like to be seventy-seven years of age but to feel like an eleven-year-old in his heart. Though he suffers from the afflictions that his father had to contend with - asthma, glaucoma - and added some of his own, he continues to live with boundless energy, passion, and humor. When most people his age are in full retirement, Mortimer is still motoring through life - traveling to Edinburgh with a substitute wife, lunching with prisoners, and dealing with common politicians. Whether in the English countryside, the center of London, the heart of Tuscany, or the streets of Morocco, he embraces life and work with enthusiasm and compassion, revealing himself as one of the most astute and generous figures of his generation.
My thoughts
Depressing. That's it. That's what I thought as I read this book.
Again, I had to invoke Nancy Pearl's Rule of 50. If the book isn't good by the 50th page, time to put the book down and pick a better one. That's what I did.
