Life Begins at Seventy-Five : Nancy Orlando Books : 9780990559931 : 0990559939 : 08 Jan 2016 : When Nancy Orlando shared little stories about her life her friends thought she had such an interesting life, she should write a book. She had written a memoir about her childhood during WWII. She was seventy-five when she published that book. That might be interesting book material. So much occurred in her life after that book, she decided to write "Life Begins at Seventy-Five. Beginning was easy. Most people think "Life begins at 40" is the real line. She would flash back to 40 an move forward. Deciding on how much to share was the hard part. The successes were easy but the tragedies didn't write easily. Reliving some events was painful and sometimes tearful, but it was life as she knew it. Examining the choices she made along the way was interesting. Would she make the same choices again? Would you make those choices?