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Campion, Nardi Reeder was born on June 27, 1917 in Honolulu. Daughter of Russell P. and Narcissa (Martin) Reeder.
(This is the story of a life that has spanned much of the ...)
This is the story of a life that has spanned much of the twentieth century. It is the story of a long and happy marriage, of advances in women's rights, of forging a career as a writer (including the excitement of a big Hollywood film sale), of the sometimes bewildering pace of progress, and of raising a family in a rapidly changing world. With her wit, insightful storytelling, and keen ear for offbeat anecdotes, Nardi Reeder Campion speaks for a generation that has traveled from the roaring twenties into the twenty-first century. Campion's address to a reunion of her Wellesley College class of 1938 has earned her a niche in cyberspace. Endlessly circulated via e-mail and even featured in the Ann Landers column, it combines Campion's charm, wisdom, and self-deprecating humor. She has now written a memoir distinguished by those same qualities. Campion's memoir is, in part, the story of a long and loving marriage, one that lasted fifty-nine years and "survived four jobs, seven books, nine homes, and nineteen pets (not counting gerbils)." Whether she is describing the joys of marriage to a fun-loving husband or the pain of her son's emotional breakdown, the (sometimes mixed) blessings of grandchildren or the difficult decision to move into a retirement home, Campion's deft mix of humor and candor yields an appealing and engaging narrative. Always seeking to discover what is worthwhile, she writes movingly about love and about death.
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(From the heartbreak of giving up one's driver's license t...)
From the heartbreak of giving up one's driver's license to the joys of geriatric dating, Nardi Reeder Campion brings her distinctive mix of wit and candor to the subject of aging. The eighty-eight-year-old author approaches the challenges of growing older with imagination and an undimmed zest for life, from exercises that improve one's memory ("for me, memory is the thing I forget with") to creative solutions to being careless in rural America (she does not recommend hitch-hiking). Campion considers with amusement both the things that change (society's attitudes toward sex) and those that remain the same (her own inability to use the f-word). She shares her love of tea and travel, her pleasure in family and friends, and her ongoing frustration at her penchant for losing items large and small, worthless and precious. And she introduces us to some notable people she has met along the way whose influence she continues to feel. Whether inviting her retirement home neighbours to watch a belly-dancer or taking a long-dreamed-of trip to Paris and Normandy at eighty-six, Campion shows that aging can be both funny and fun. If you or someone you know happens to be aging, this book is for you.
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(Originally published in 1976 as Anne the Word, this is a ...)
Originally published in 1976 as Anne the Word, this is a popular biography of colorful and controversial Shaker founder Ann Lee
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Campion, Nardi Reeder was born on June 27, 1917 in Honolulu. Daughter of Russell P. and Narcissa (Martin) Reeder.
AB, Wellesley College, 1938.
Teacher of English Newport News (Virginia) High School, 1940-1942. Freelance writer.
(From the heartbreak of giving up one's driver's license t...)
(Originally published in 1976 as Anne the Word, this is a ...)
(Originally published in 1976 as Anne the Word, this is a ...)
(This is the story of a life that has spanned much of the ...)
Founder annual book and author luncheon, Friends of Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, since 1979.
Married Thomas Baird Campion, July 5, 1941. Children: Thomas, Junior, Edward, Frederick, Narcissa, Russell.