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They say sixty is the new forty. Whoopi Goldberg wants to know, "Why can't sixty be sixty and proud of it?" Laugh-out-loud funny and downright helpful, Two Old Broads tells it like it is for all of us who left middle age in the dust and want to be present, positive, and as extraordinary as ever in our golden years.As Whoopi and Dr. Hecht tell their stories of growing older with no apologies, they'll help youstay active physically and mentallymake finalizing your will more rewarding than it soundsnavigate tricky subjects, such as whether you need a home aidewin friends and influence people or take a nap, depending on the daydiscover joy in relationships even when your excretions outweigh your secretionsget up financially, physically, and emotionally after a fallkeep a sense of humor about getting older (of course!) Imminently practical and slightly crotchety (with charm) , Two Old Broads is the aging book for the ages.
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Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson) is an Academy Award winning American actress, comedian, radio host, TV personality/talk show host, game show host, singer, rapper and author. She is one of only thirteen individuals who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award, counting Daytime Emmy Awards. She is the second African American female performer to win an Academy Award for acting (the first being Hattie McDaniel) . She has won two Golden Globe Awards and two Saturn Awards for her performances in and On the August 1, 2007 broadcast of , Barbara Walters introduced her as the show's new moderator as of September 4. Meredith Vieira and Rosie O'Donnell previously held the position. In October 2007, she announced on that she would be retiring from acting because she is no longer sent scripts: "You know, there's no room for the very talented Whoopi. There's no room right now in the marketplace of cinema. Being a Black intellectual with a Jewish surname finally caught up to me," Goldberg told King.
