Time Flies (Mass Market Paperback)

by Bill Cosby (Author) "In the beginning, Temple was not just my college but a description of my body as well..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Cosby reached a wide audience with Fatherhood, a memoir of his experiences raising children. Now, at age 50, he here considers the inevitabilities of the aging process, writing with the same winning mixture of common sense and humor that marked the earlier book. He confronts the shibboleths of the geriatric industry in the United States, addressing them with wise witticisms in the mini crises of his own aginghis first gray hair, his first trifocals, etc. As psychiatrist Poussaint points out in his instructive introduction, Cosby "serves as our puckish and empathetic guide to humorous journeys through the fitful stages of life." The inimitable Cosby style of personalized, self-deprecating humor resonates for all. 1,750,000 first printing; major ad/promo.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Library Journal
In the same light vein as in Fatherhood , Cosby, TV star who has just turned 50, tackles the universal experience of aging. Once an athlete, Cosby describes his own sense of deterioration, both physical and mentalthe growing stiffness, encroaching flab and sag, the memory lapsesas well as the amazing youth of people in charge now. The book is hilarious and wise and tolerant ("The reason we must be tolerant with older people who have lost some of their hearing or vision or mind is simply that we will almost certainly have such loss if we enjoy the good fortune to live long enough to fall apart"). Rarely has the subject of growing older been explored so wittily. For public libraries. Literary Guild selection.. Priscilla E. Pratt, formerly with York Coll. Lib.,
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (November 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553277243
• ISBN-13: 978-0553277241
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #590,644 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bill Cosby is an American Classic, July 12, 2000

By	Steve Smith (Somersworth, Nh) - See all my reviews

Bill Cosby is one of those comdians who everyone loves. And this book is a good example why. He takes the reader down the road that he was going through back in the late 80's. He was struggling with getting old, and as his body started to age with him. He shows how he can no longer run in high-school track, and how his hair was starting to grey. His humorus look at getting old isgood for anyone to read. Now, I am in my 20's, so some of his jokes flew over my head, but I'm sure that is 20 years I will understand all to well what he was going through. I still enjoed this book though, and I'm sure you will too.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good ol' Bill!, June 28, 1998

By	Hugo Dart (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Once again, Cosby delights his public with his funny and sensitive prose. In this great book, he manages to turn an otherwise somber subject (that of the approaching of one's final years) into something much less frightening and more understandable. Cosby's humourous writing is the responsible for the book's lightness. At the same time, Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint makes the introduction of Cosby's book, as usual, giving his medical point of view about the biological process which is behind one of humanity's biggest fears. Fortunately, there is "Time Flies" - a book that should be read by anyone who is growing old.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cosby at his best!, September 28, 1999

By A Customer

This is one of the funniest books that you will ever read, guaranteed. America's favorite comic genius brings us another load of laughs. If there is only one book you are going to buy this year, it should be this one. In a way which will make you laugh out loud, Cosby explores the subject of aging in a way only Cosby could manage.