The Golden Years, Ruskin Bond
The Golden Years, Ruskin Bond
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The Golden Years
The Many Joys of Living a Good Long Life

Author: Ruskin Bond

Narrator: Shubhankar

Unabridged: 3 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/18/2023

Synopsis

Ruskin Bond is eighty-nine years old: long past sixty, the age at which one becomes a senior citizen; also the age around which it is said one should think of retiring from active life. As the years go by, his contentment with living the life he has chosen--keeping to himself, with his family and his books, in Landour--has only grown stronger. He takes great joy in the world outside his window: the changing shades of nature, interesting people, good food, nice walks. Inside his room there are thoughts and memories, and the journal and letters he writes every day.All of it makes for a wonderful life--and that is what this book is about. In his trademark warm, witty, whimsical style and his marvellously simple prose, Ruskin tells us how to enjoy the advancing years some of us are blessed with, and how to make the most of the amazing gift called life.

About Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond is one of India's most well-known writers. Born in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, in 1934, he grew up in Jamnagar, Dehradun and Shimla. In the course of a writing career spanning over seventy years, he has published over a hundred books, including short-story collections, poetry, novels, essays, memoirs and journals, edited anthologies and books for children. The Room on the Roof was his first novel, written when he was seventeen. It received the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. He has also received many other awards, including the Sahitya Akademi award in 1992, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014. Many of his stories and novellas including The Blue Umbrella, A Flight of Pigeons and Susanna's Seven Husbands have been adapted into films.Ruskin lives in Landour, Mussoorie. His other books with HarperCollins include These are a Few of My Favourite Things, Koki's Song, How to Be a Writer, The Enchanted Cottage and How to Live Your Life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Aakanksha on May 18, 2023

The Golden Years by Ruskin Bond is an enchanting memoir that beautifully celebrates the joys and serenity of growing old. Bond, at eighty-nine years old, invites readers into his world, where he has embraced a life of contentment and appreciation for the simplest of pleasures. Through his eloquent p......more

Goodreads review by Dona's on November 28, 2023

Review coming soon!......more

Goodreads review by Ashutosh on February 07, 2025

Breezy, leisurely read but at the same time thoughtful and profound. Makes me want to read more books by Ruskin Bond!......more

Goodreads review by Arathi on May 05, 2024

A comfort read, the quintessential Ruskin Bond. This book is a collection of 60 chapters - each one an observation on life and the many joys of living a simple and good life, filled with family, friends, nature, books and music. Not to forget his pet cat Mimi.......more

Goodreads review by Abhinay on December 26, 2023

Ruskin Bond's writings are the constant comforts that soothes and helps to find joy in little things for big happiness.......more

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