Member Reviews
The Diary of a 100 Year Old Amused Senior was published back in 2015 and Estelle Craig passed at 103 years of age in 2019. This book interested me for a couple of reasons. She lived and worked in Toronto, and I wanted to hear what she loved about her life and what she was still looking forward to. Being a senior myself, I am still going strong and want to be able to do things until my last days. This was an interesting book. It is a short one, but packed full of tidbits of her life. It felt like sitting down and talking to her about her past and what she remembered, and she remembered a lot. I had never heard of her before reading this one and realized that she was a smart, independent woman who did a lot of things dealing with travel, speakers to Toronto, she wrote radio programs and plays. Some of her anecdotes were humorous and others were okay. One thing I didn't like was that this was not a linear book at all. It jumped all over which at times frustrated me. Some of her stories were very short and I wanted more. It was an interesting glimpse into a life well lived.
A brilliant book! Mrs. Craig recounts beauitfully her extraordinary life from childhood to present day. She is articulated so well each decade and time of her life. I was enthralled and read it in one sitting. What a thrill to read about her struggle and success. She has lived a life well lived indeed. Well done