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Fighting the Effects of Gravity: A Bittersweet Journey Into Middle Life
Fighting the Effects of Gravity is an Indie Excellence Award Finalist and recipient of a Readers Favorite 5 Star Review.
James Robinson, Jr. had it all: three beautiful children, a loving wife, a new home, a good job. But at age 36, the bottom would literally fall out of his life. He would watch his once firm deriere fall overnight never to rise again--succumbing to the evil forces of gravity.
Fighting the Effects of Gravity is a humorous, midlife, memoir full of anecdotes and life lessons. You'll find yourself laughing out loud at the author's experiences and how much they relate to your own. Life is short; don't let gravity get you down.
James Robinson, Jr. had it all: three beautiful children, a loving wife, a new home, a good job. But at age 36, the bottom would literally fall out of his life. He would watch his once firm deriere fall overnight never to rise again--succumbing to the evil forces of gravity.
Fighting the Effects of Gravity is a humorous, midlife, memoir full of anecdotes and life lessons. You'll find yourself laughing out loud at the author's experiences and how much they relate to your own. Life is short; don't let gravity get you down.
194 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 13, 2012
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November 27, 2012
In Fighting the Effects of Gravity, James Robinson takes us on a journey through his own experiences with middle-age. From the saggy-bottomed horrors that partner the onset of those middle years, through to the morbid but epiphanic realizations that the final stage of life is just around the corner.
It is a very humorous narrative on the physical changes that the human body experiences, as everything -- from fading eyesight, creaking joints and sagging muscles -- succumbs to the stresses of a life spent upright. James offers a very witty commentary on a number of ailments and experiences, summing up his statements with a witty insight.
His brief but hectic struggle through middle-age, as he vied for a shot on the final run on the three-pronged ladder, is summed up best by James himself: “Simply put, I have but two choices: I can either get old or I can die trying”
The theme of the book changes towards the end, taking on a philosophical and somewhat profound edge. Adding some very poignant and beautiful touches to a very intelligent and meaningful book.
It is a very humorous narrative on the physical changes that the human body experiences, as everything -- from fading eyesight, creaking joints and sagging muscles -- succumbs to the stresses of a life spent upright. James offers a very witty commentary on a number of ailments and experiences, summing up his statements with a witty insight.
His brief but hectic struggle through middle-age, as he vied for a shot on the final run on the three-pronged ladder, is summed up best by James himself: “Simply put, I have but two choices: I can either get old or I can die trying”
The theme of the book changes towards the end, taking on a philosophical and somewhat profound edge. Adding some very poignant and beautiful touches to a very intelligent and meaningful book.
November 30, 2012
I invite anyone on the threshold of middle-age to take a peek at this hilarious yet serious book. James Robinson woke up one day and realized his once buff body had sagged and taken a different shape. Aches, pains and body parts he didn't know he had cried for attention. And boy does he make fun of that Middle Aged Face, when trying to read small print without seeming as if you can't decipher it.
His observations of middle aged dancers is also spot on and a riot. And then there is the brain mush memory issues. While laughing about the indignities of medical examinations and the been-there-done-that seen-it-all head shake, Mr. Robinson looks ahead to old-age with dread. He expounds upon death and dying and then attacks the life-plan many people have bought into. The final analysis. It's never too late to start living. Middle age is the perfect time of life to set yourself free and begin self-actualizing.
I enjoyed these essays for both the humor and the truth.
His observations of middle aged dancers is also spot on and a riot. And then there is the brain mush memory issues. While laughing about the indignities of medical examinations and the been-there-done-that seen-it-all head shake, Mr. Robinson looks ahead to old-age with dread. He expounds upon death and dying and then attacks the life-plan many people have bought into. The final analysis. It's never too late to start living. Middle age is the perfect time of life to set yourself free and begin self-actualizing.
I enjoyed these essays for both the humor and the truth.
March 15, 2018
I invite anyone on the threshold of middle-age to take a peek at this hilarious yet serious book. James Robinson woke up one day and realized his once buff body had sagged and taken a different shape. Aches, pains and body parts he didn't know he had cried for attention. And boy does he make fun of that Middle Aged Face, when trying to read small print without seeming as if you can't decipher it.
His observations of middle aged dancers is also spot on and a riot. And then there is the brain mush memory issues. While laughing about the indignities of medical examinations and the been-there-done-that seen-it-all head shake, Mr. Robinson looks ahead to old-age with dread. He expounds upon death and dying and then attacks the life-plan many people have bought into. The final analysis. It's never too late to start living. Middle age is the perfect time of life to set yourself free and begin self-actualizing.
I enjoyed these essays for both the humor and the truth.
His observations of middle aged dancers is also spot on and a riot. And then there is the brain mush memory issues. While laughing about the indignities of medical examinations and the been-there-done-that seen-it-all head shake, Mr. Robinson looks ahead to old-age with dread. He expounds upon death and dying and then attacks the life-plan many people have bought into. The final analysis. It's never too late to start living. Middle age is the perfect time of life to set yourself free and begin self-actualizing.
I enjoyed these essays for both the humor and the truth.
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