TY - BOOK AU - Shobhaa De TI - SEVENTY...AND TO HELL WITH IT! SN - 9780143414247 U1 - 920 PY - 2017////11/01 CY - India PB - Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd KW - Biography KW - Dé, Shobha, -- 1948- KW - Older women -- India -- Biography KW - Older people -- Life skills guides N1 - Summary: A bold new book about turning seventy by Shobhaa De Shobhaa De The irrepressible Shobhaa De is back with a book that celebrates her upcoming seventieth year. She calls herself a 'Child of the Republic' as looks back on the terrain of her life. Especially at relationships-hers and those she has observed over the years-and at ever-present fears and grief. Shobhaa De's writing exudes an empathy that has turned several of her books into life manuals for generations of Indians. Her keen wit spears and spares none, least of all herself. Her delicious irreverence makes this book a delight to read. It is the lessons in loving and living woven into the writing-intensely personal and deeply felt-that form the wise heart of Seventy ER -