This is the author's eighth book, published more than thirty years after the last one. It is also her first foray into self-publishing; three of her previous works, including "Married Men Make the Best Lovers" made the bestsellers list, both in the US and UK, after publication by established houses.

Always known as "controversial" and "irreverant", her current work, written between the ages of 80 and 81, is a prime example of the wit and wisdom that comes with age.

This is not to say it contains the usual grumpy observations of the elderly; to the contrary, columnist Jessica Berthold says, "If the name of the blog (Octogenarian.blogster.com) didn't give it away, you'd think this octogenarian wasn't a day over 30."

As an example, see this excerpt from Chapter Six, ALL ABOUT MEN:

"It is said that the average male thinks about sex every seven seconds, and although that particular statistic may be an urban legend, it’s pretty obvious that they are certainly deeply and frequently obsessed with the subject.

"It’s no secret that the biggest pharmaceutical bonanza ever compounded is Viagra, the sole purpose of which is to cause an erection. I believe it holds the speed record for FDA approval and became a household word overnight. When I learned it was first created as a treatment for angina and that its efficacy as a medical erector set was an incidental finding, I started to produce mental movies of the testing process. Can’t you just see some middle-aged test subject with chest pains swallowing a little blue pill and reporting his results?

Patient: “Geez, doc. This stuff works like magic!”

Doctor: “Great! Your angina pains are gone?”

Patient: “No, my chest still hurts like hell. But I’ve got a boner you wouldn’t believe! First one in five years! Give me more of this stuff. I’ll pay anything!”

Doctor (to colleagues) “Call the FDA stat. We’ve struck gold! Screw angina. We’ve got impotence by the balls, boys! Only let’s call it ‘erectile dysfunction’ to make it sound more like medicine and less like fun. Want to get laid? We’ve got a pill!”

"Pfizer made a billion dollars during the first year of Viagra production! I wonder how many times Mrs. Pfizer got lucky that year."

LIFE, DEATH AND OTHER TRIVIA is a compilation of politically incorrect, but always amusing, commentaries on sex, politics, religion, men, aging and death, and comes with a MONEY BACK GUARANTEE: If the reader does not get at least three guffaws and a chuckle from this book, the author will return your purchase price.

In an article from the Allentown Morning Call, Columnist Jessica Berthold wrote, "Studs Terkel would love (her), but so would Howard Stern. She's funny and fascinating (and) her words carry the weight of one who's lived most of a century. She's the saucy old broad you see in sitcoms, but never actually meet in real life. Rating: 9.5 (out of 10)."