RaveThe Los Angeles Review of Books... a book we have been waiting for ... Until This Chair Rocks, we haven’t had a single compact book that blows up myths seven to a page like fireworks ... divided into small nourishing sections, like a box of oatmeal cookies ... a pro-aging message, and while these often seem phony, Applewhite’s changes in register, her tart commentary, and her well-chosen stories pique our curiosity, offering us first the unexpected and then the explicable ... The territory the book traverses looks familiar — the brain, the body, sex, work — but I, as a co-worker in the field, still came upon material that was new, and many quotable summations ... a hybrid text — a consciousness-raising document with a personality behind it, and it’s got a winning smile ... With its wit, clarity, and solid information, this readable book, and others that distinguish the field, could give young people a head start before they have absorbed too much of the toxic cultural air.
