{"product_id":"103-speaks-babette-hughes-9798246974452","title":"103 Speaks: Reflections on Longevity","description":"At 103 years old, Babette Hughes has outlived her eyesight, her husbands, and, heartbreakingly, her two sons, but she has never outlived her vision. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e103 Speaks: Reflections on Longevity\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinchingly honest memoir that shatters the myth of aging\u003c\/b\u003e as quiet decline. Instead, Hughes reveals a life driven by reinvention, resilience, and astonishing late-blooming creativity, including writing nine books after the age of eighty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer story unfolds through a series of unforgettable turning points, beginning with the childhood mystery of her father, a bootlegger murdered by the Mafia on her second birthday, and stretching across a century of American life. From the hidden world of Prohibition-era crime to the glamorous yet hollow \"fake self\" of high-fashion modeling during The Great Depression, Hughes recounts the experiences that shaped her with sharp insight and fearless candor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDictated to her caregiver who became a trusted collaborator, this memoir captures her role as a behind-the-scenes force in Hubert Humphrey's presidential campaign, her awakening through psychoanalysis, and the courage it gave her to leave a suffocating marriage at a time when women were expected to endure in silence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than a life story, \u003ci\u003e103 Speaks\u003c\/i\u003e is a manifesto for what Hughes calls a new stage of opportunity in later life. She writes of hospice not as an ending, but as a system that allowed her to \"graduate\" back into living, writing, and even weightlifting. Told with what she calls centennial clarity, blending hard-won wisdom with biting humor, this book is a powerful testament to the human spirit and a bold invitation to stay fully awake to life at any age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Babette Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798246974452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.27d","brand":"Babette Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448728826111,"sku":"9798246974452","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1b2c94d-93c1-4c34-b317-0a4ba14e03ff.jpg?v=1777260239","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/103-speaks-babette-hughes-9798246974452","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}