Growing Old Disgracefully: How to Upset and Perplex Your Children with Increasingly Erratic and Unreasonable Behavior

by Rohan Candappa

Book Overview

Does your mother think it's really charming to talk to every rose bush on the street? Has your father taken up obsessive fundraising for a donkey sanctuary on retirement? Does he collect elastic bands... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740741683
• ISBN13: 9780740741685
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Hilarious, Quick Read

Growing Old Disgracefully paints a comically picture about growing old and how the elderly can be rebels in their old age. Humorist Rohan Candappa brings his own life experiences to enlighten on the controversial topic of growing old with sarcasm and wit. Each new page offers senior citizens a new way to embrace their remaining years and not just wait around for the grim reaper. From dressing as a troubled teenager to legalizing marijuana for seniors, this book is delightful for all ages, especially for those coming to terms with growing older. The general purpose of this book is to provide humor to an otherwise depressing situation. Old age and death go hand-in-hand in our society and many elderly persons are portrayed as just waiting around to die. However, this book calls the old to stop lying down and fight against existing stereotypes. Just because a person may have an AARP membership and live in a retirement community does not mean they cannot have any more fun experiences. This book is very relevant to the elderly population, because it can serve as a self-help book to those at a loss on how to deal with their growing age. Each new page offers a new anecdote on how to shock your children and still earn "cool" points with your grandchildren, like buying your grandchildren that unwanted puppy they always wanted. Likewise, Candappa conveys humorous suggestions on how to surprise unsuspecting strangers with unpredictable behaviors. For example, he advises seniors to go to a coffee shop and have the whole menu explained. To aggravate the cashier further the reader can then just ask for a simple coffee. All in all, this book is meant for those who want to grow old without growing up.

Great gift

I have given this book two times a a gift... once to someone turning 60 and another time to someone turning 50. They both got a great laugh from it and loved the book.