New York: Random House, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - An outwardly simple, but penetrating exploration of what happens when an older woman's quiet resignation to fate is shattered by a younger visitor. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-679457852.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The author's first memoir, which won first place in the 2008 Pacific Northwest Writer's Association's literary contest. "After twenty years of living with terminal illness, Zoes mother decided to end her lifeand asked her three daughters for their assistance. For months, the decision drags on as her mother changes her methods and schedule, and the negotiations stir up old memories, sibling rivalries, and questions about family loyalty." A controversial but warm and sometimes even funny book which deals with the issues at the center of the debate on assisted suicide. SIGNED on the title page. 256 pp. ISBN: 978-1439148242.

New York: Macmillan, 1949. dj. Hardcover first edition - The flowering plum tree outside the Home for Aged Women stands as a symbol of the hope and love brought to this institution by the matron and a nurse. 98 pp.

Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of sometime provocative and always entertaining essays, primarily on traveling and writing, but also on aging (and writing), growing up in South Africa under apartheid, marriage, and much more. SIGNED on the title page. 208 pp. ISBN: 978-1619029279.

Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of sometime provocative and always entertaining essays, primarily on traveling and writing, but also on aging (and writing), growing up in South Africa under apartheid, marriage, and much more. INSCRIBED on the title page. 208 pp. ISBN: 978-1619029279.

New York: Putnam, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which "exposes the rationales s that keep women from taking the chances, from grabbing the opportunities that could change their lives" at any age. Based on both the author's personal stories and the narratives of other women from her years as a psychologist. 252 pp. ISBN: 0-399-130403.

Rochester, New York: BOA Editions Ltd., 2011. First edition - The author's second collection of poems (her first won several awards), one which "focuses on the sad, funny, mundane reality of life in a nursing home. In her own words, Janice N. Harrington worked her way through college as a nurses' aide and wrote The Hands of Strangers because she 'cannot forget the 'girls' I worked with or the 'residents' under my care. I haven't forgotten what I saw, heard, felt, or learned.'" American Poets Continuum Series #130. 75 pp. ISBN: 978-1934414545.

New York: Atheneum, 1979. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The somewhat uncommon second novel by the author of 'Staggerford." SIGNED on the front endpaper (a clear and legible early signature.) 312 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a old trucker determined to make one last long haul from Alabama to Nevada. Dust jacket praise from Johnny Cash, Harry Crews and Olive Ann Burns who described this as "the triumphant story of a stubborn, unreconstructed old truck driver with redneck attitudes who bulls his way across America in defiance of age and retirement." 296 pp. ISBN: 0-395-498600.

New York: Carroll & Graf, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Another "wildly inventive novel" by the author of 'RIiddley Walker' and 'Pilgermann' - this one set very much in the present. The Independent' s review described it as "an intelligent book about contemporary life, its technologies, sexual politics and urban culture, together with searing honesty about the sexual imaginings of an old man." 271 pp. ISBN: 0-786708786.

New York: Vintage Books, (1992). SIGNED - An account of a 3-day rafting voyage down an uncharted section of the Boh River in Borneo, where journalist Tracy Johnston knew little in advance of the adventure she had signed up for - including treacherous rapids, foot rot, leeches, swarms of sweat-eating of bees, swimming cobras and more. In addition, she learned what it was like to be a woman adventurer on the wrong side of forty. INSCRIBED on the half title page "To - Here's to many more adventures in mid-life. PS. Thanks for your leech stories." 256 pp. ISBN: 0-679740104.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, (1982). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Poems and photographs which celebrate aging. "Drawing on both his own family history and the immigrant history of New York's Jewish community, Kaminsky gives voice to the protest and despair, endurance and dignity, courage and creativity of those who struggled toward survival and reconciliation near the borders of death." Foreword by Robert N. Butler. Black and white photographs by Leon Supraner. INSCRIBED by Kaminsky on the front endpaper and dated in 1985. Glossary. Large square format. 149 pp plus final photograph. ISBN: 0-252010000.

Watsonville, CA: Papier-Mache Press, (1991) dj. Hardcover - Classic anthology of stories and poems on women aging, illustrated with many black and white photographs of older women. This edition includes a new foreword by Jenny Joseph, the author of 'Warning' which begins with the line which is the title of this book, and an afterword by the publishers. 181 pp plus afterword, notes on the contributors and publisher's ads. ISBN: 0-918949-15-7.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning writer's 20th book, 12th novel. Both sad and funny, this is the story of an aging man, with a bad heart, asthma and more, determined to once again, on his 65th birthday, climb Spoon Mountain with his two grown children. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "To -- please always remember that on the top of every mountain there is always another mountain beckoning you to climb higher" with a doodle around his signature, dated in 2013. 223 pp. ISBN: 978-0826352705.

Pasadena CA: Ward Ritchie Press, (1976) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Humorous advice written for women on how to survive your husband's retirement - includes helpful suggestions on diverse topics such as hobbies, housing, hypochrondria, grooming, late-blooming romances, double beds, and budget management. While a lot of this seems dated now, it does contain some good practical advice - like taking a separate vacation and an argument that there should not be a mandotory retirement age. SIGNED on the front endpaper "with best wishes" and dated in 1977. 126 pp. ISBN: 0-378021559.

New York: Herald Publishing Company (National Library Press), (1934.). Hardcover - Although modern women do not need to be reassured that their life is not over at age 40, this book still contains some useful advice as well as unintentional humor, along with a vivid reminder of just how far we have come in the past 75 years. 250 pp. Uncommon.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2006). A book which is both funny and sad. The author, burnt out at twenty-eight, decides to retire early. He travels to southern Florida, where he moves in with an elderly piano teacher at a retirement community that is home to thousands of senior citizens. This is "an irreverent, hilarious, and ultimately warmhearted account of Rodney's journey deep into the heart of retirement. Rodney struggles for acceptance from the senior citizens he shares a swimming pool with and battles with cranky octogenarians who want him off their turf." Includes a brief epilogue not found in the hardcover edition. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-743270584.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1984) dj. Hardcover - Adetailed look at the life of an 80 year old woman, an Irish immigrant used to hard work and being independent, who now faces illness and dependency - the focus is on the services it took to keep her out of a nursing home and in her own apartment. 158 pp. ISBN: 0-395-362202.

Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, (2001). First edition - A collection of poems by this award-winning writer which "probe the depths of extended illness, of love, of perseverance in the face of disaster, of the healing power of music and of art." 85 pp. ISBN: 1-586540009.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. dj. First edition - A novel by this author whom John Updike called "wickedly good" - the story of a schoolteacher, forced to retire at 61, coming to terms with the rest of his life. With an announced first printing of 300,000 copies, this advance issue is much less common than the trade edition. 276 pp.