I waited several months for the reedition of this book, and it was really worth it. It's a collection of small essays initially written as blog posts - curiously, she got the idea of writing in that form from reading José Saramago's blog. And she achieves a perfect pitch - alternating between very different subjects, from her lovable cat to more serous issues like her relationship with literature and her readers, her writing, economy, nature, politics, class, attitudes regarding science and faith, etc, it makes for a delightful reading, highly entertaining but always intelligent and thought provoking.
Vastly cultured, with a clear reasoning served by an equally clear writing, anchored in solid humanist moral values, compassionate and passionately engaged, never losing a witty sense of humour and a solid common-sense. Her mind is curious and inquisitive, so she writes pretty much about anything. The first essays, about ageing and the present day society attitude to old age, are simply brilliant and sometimes hilarious.
Most important of all, reading this book makes you think, and makes you want not only to share her opinions but express your own - because of course one doesn't always agree - and that stimulus to engage in meaningful debate is extremely relevant, at all times.
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