false 49115 0 0 792938 0440220424 9780440220428 121 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178408830m/792938.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178408830s/792938.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/792938.Having_Our_Say_The_Delany_Sisters_First_100_Years 3.96 781 They're funny: Bessie notes that blacks must be sharp to get ahead, "But if you're average and white, honey, you can go far. Just look at Dan Quayle. If that boy was colored he'd be washing dishes somewhere." And they are wise: Sadie says, "Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet."

]]> 49115 3.97 914 150 10412 3.86 1002 189 49119 3.97 867 141 1993 85875 0062514865 9780062514868 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171062770m/85875.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171062770s/85875.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85875.On_My_Own_at_107_Reflections_on_Life_Without_Bessie 4.00 46 On My Own at 107ÿ is Sarah "Sadie" Delaney's tribute to Bessie, her beloved younger sister and century-long companion, who died on September 25, 1995, at age 104.Just four years earlier, Bessie and Sadie, along with former New York Timesÿ reporter Amy Hill Hearth, co-wrote the bestselling Having Our Say,ÿ which told the story of the sisters' remarkable lives as witnesses to a century. Here, Sadie reflects on the first year following Bessie's death. Kirkus Reviewsÿ called the book "a bracing reminder that life, a rare gift, must be savored in the living."]]> 49115 3.97 914 150 10412 3.86 1002 189 1997 353294 1568361661 9781568361666 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174013861m/353294.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174013861s/353294.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353294.The_Delany_Sisters_Book_of_Everyday_Wisdom 4.11 35
That's how Sadie Delany described the outpouring of affection and admiration that followed the success of Having Our Say, the best-selling memoir she and her sister published in 1993. Now they offer their fans a treasury of grandmotherly good sense: memorable aphorisms, engaging anecdotes, rules for
managing money, practical advice on staying active in old age, and some favorite recipes, too. It's a book filled with the secrets of living well, from two women who did it for more than a century.]]> 49115 3.97 914 150 1994