If you’re looking for inspiration to keep those New Year’s resolutions, know that memoirist Abigail Thomas has finally quit smoking. At age 84. “It’s caught up with me,” admitted the New York ...

Abigail Thomas gave the biggest hugs, her younger sister Iris Stanley said. Thomas, 41, of Corinth also loved giving gifts and seeing the reactions from people who received the presents, Stanley said.

In her new memoir, \“Still Life at 80,\” Abigail Thomas ruminates on aging with her trademark mix of humor and wisdom. As she approaches eighty, what she herself calls old age, Thomas accepts her new ...