Reviews for If I Had My Life to Live Over

The average rating for If I Had My Life to Live Over based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-09-06 00:00:00 Matt Rifley And then, there is poetry. I think it will save me. I chose to read this somewhat dated anthology of women's poetry this month as a break. That shows how bad things are getting, when a book about an old woman's regrets is uplifting. It has a great variety of short stories, essays and poems from all aspects of life, birth to death. "If I Had My Life to Live Over" by Nadine Stair "I'd dare to make more mistakes next time. I'd relax, I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip…I would perhaps have more actual troubles, but I'd have fewer imaginary ones…I've been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter than I have." So here's to traveling lighter!

Review # 2 was written on 2020-08-02 00:00:00 Jeremy Lagant I first read this anthology when I was in college in my very early 20's so I am not even marking it as a re-read since it has been so long. I remember how important, though, this collection was to many of us women who were earning our creative writing degrees because all of our professors were men. This collection gave us an opportunity to read contemporary female voices in both poems and short stories. Poems and stories about children, lovers, marriage, divorce, careers, loss and so much more. The good and the bad; the pretty and the ugly. This collection may seem out-dated now, but it was groundbreaking back then. Reading it again now at 52, some of the poems especially that spoke to me then continue to resonate with me and others I have evolved from. I will keep this gem and hope to re-read it again in my 70's.