RoseAnne Cleary’s Reviews > Unexpectedly Eighty: And Other Adaptations > Status Update

Viorst's gift lies in presenting the many sides of being, at any age, in the many lights in which they're felt. So, discovery, sadness, hilarity, joy, melancholy, are all grist for the mill. What saves us in her writing - as in our lives - is the irrepressive humor.