Interviewed by the author Betty Friedan for her 1993 book "The Fountain of Age," Dr. Davidoff is quoted as saying, "The older you get, the more you get to be like yourself".
In the weeks between the funeral and Pius XII's election Walpole, with his customary fluency, wrote much of his book Roman Fountain, a mixture of fact and fiction about the city.
J Berriman, the Fountain Book Club, Bradford, Yorkshire The Fountain Book Club meets once a month in the ancient Fountain inn on Heaton Road, Bradford.
His reference book – The Golden Fountain: The Complete Guide to Urine Therapy by Coen van der Kroon – is actually real.
Rewards could include: Sight: Something the child likes to look at e.g. a new library book, a water fountain, animals (fish especially are good), or watching a model airplane fly.
"There is no reference in the book to water fountains or restaurants," she said.
Set in Haiti, Myanmar and other places avoided by timid Western honeymooners, Fountain's book shows empathy for its hapless American protagonists and a nuanced understanding of the people they move among.
One extraordinary 1965 letter to an unidentified Mr. Rubin, who inquired about "Nova Express," unfurls into a speculative fugue that extends that book: "Gentle reader the Fountain of Youth is radioactive and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous fate of decaying metal.
Fountain's book, "Dear Dad: Reflections on Fatherhood," was inspired by his NPR essay.
Fountain's book is also about war -- the one in Iraq, post 9/11.
