Radical Endurance

Gilats writes about getting old with the kind of clear-eyed wry honesty that's genuinely rare — most books about aging are either inspirational to the point of dishonesty or grimly clinical. The feminist intellectual scaffolding (Ehrenreich, Sarton) gives the personal essays real ballast, and the University of Minnesota Press imprint signals serious literary intent. The audience is specific but underserved, and this book serves them well.