Sister Age
In these fifteen remarkable stories, M.F.K. Fisher, one of the most admired writers of our time, embraces age as St. Francis welcomed Brother Pain. With a saint to guide us, she writes in her Foreword, perhaps we can accept in a loving way "the inevitable visits of a possibly nagging harpy like Sister Age." But in the stories, it is the human strength in the unavoidable encounter with the end of life that Mrs. Fisher dramatizes so powerfully. Other themes-the importance of witnessing death,...
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In these fifteen remarkable stories, M.F.K. Fisher, one of the most admired writers of our time, embraces age as St. Francis welcomed Brother Pain. With a saint to guide us, she writes in her Foreword, perhaps we can accept in a loving way "the inevitable visits of a possibly nagging harpy like Sister Age" But in the stories, it is the human strength in the unavoidable encounter with the end of life that Mrs. Fisher dramatizes so powerfully. Other themes -- the importance of witnessing death, the marvelous resilience of the old, the passing of vanity -- are all explored with insight, sympathy and, often, a sly wit.
Foreword3Moment of Wisdom15Answer in the Affirmative21The Weather Within28The Unswept Emptiness48Another Love Story59The Second Time Around83The Lost, Strayed, Stolen111The Reunion142The Oldest Man149A Question Answered176Diplomatic, Retired190Mrs. Teeters' Tomato Jar201A Kitchen Allegory208A Delayed Meeting215Notes on a Necessary Pact222Afterword233
