“how can I be old? I’m me.”

inspired by

Penelope Lively’s novella-length story Metamorphosis, or the Elephant’s Foot, written when Lively was in her mid-eighties, explores this evolution from youth to old age through the character of Harriet Mayfield.

 

and

an article

"homesick for ourselves"

by

Carol Lefevre

 

Visiting Research Fellow, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Adelaide

theconversation.com/friday-essay-homesick-for-ourselves-t...

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