Warning

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Twice-voted poem of the year, Warning is an uplifting poem about growing older.

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Voted Britain’s favourite poem, ‘Warning’, written in 1961, is known and loved the world over for its message of old age as a time for indulgence and fun.In the poem’s respectable middle-aged woman, as she imagines herself in old age as a cheeky rebel with outrageous clothes and dotty behaviour, poet Jenny Joseph has created a character whose thoughts have been quoted at conferences and funerals, used to cheer up sick friends, remembered with pleasure by children and adults alike. Found in schoolbooks from Alaska to Singapore, the poem has been stitched, stamped, quilted, set to music, printed on cards, written on cakes and made into films.Here ‘Warning: When I am an old woman I shall wear purple’ appears as a beautifully illustrated gift book, the perfect gift for a friend or relative who wants to grow older with joy.

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Weight 0.115 kg
Dimensions 15.9 × 12 × 0.9 cm
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Hardback

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English

Edition
Dewey

821.914 (edition:21)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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