I hope folks are enjoying ChangingAging’s new design and features. Our Submissions Page is now live and ready to accept guestblog submissions, Journey stories and your Questions. I’m going to kick things off with a question of my own that I hope the ChangingAging community can help me with.
This week I received a guestblog submission from a wonderful ChangingAging reader who is writing a book on graceful aging and submitted a post listing her Top 15 Books on Aging. I was so excited to receive one of our first submissions that it was truly upsetting when I realized I had to reject it.
The description of her book on graceful aging sounded wonderful, with a great focus on the positive aspects of aging, meaningful living and legacy. However, when I took a look at her top 15 books I realized that every book on her list was about life extension, anti-aging strategies and longevity.
Now, several of her picks are great books, such as aging-guru Robert N. Butler’s “The Longevity Prescription: The 8 Proven Keys to a Long, Healthy Life,” or “The Blue Zones: 9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest” by Dan Buettner. But the bulk of the list are books I would only post on ChangingAging to criticize for their obsession with superficial youth, such as Ageless Face, Ageless Mind: Erase Wrinkles and Rejuvenate the Brain by Dr. Nicholas Perricone or the dubious RealAge: Are You as Young as You Can Be?, part of the RealAge.com website that operates as a front for the Pharmaceutical Industry to collect consumer information (with backing by Oprah and Dr. Oz).
I emailed the reader explaining my thoughts and asked for her feedback (I’m waiting for a reply). I explained that our mission at ChangingAging is to counter society’s obsession and worshiping of youth. We believe this obsession with youth has many negative consequences on society, one of which is that the worth of people is largely determined by their apparent youthfulness. Rather than focus on how to “retain youth”, we are trying to change the way society views aging to become more accepting of old age and more open to the positive attributes of aging.
Which leads to my two-part question:
1) Do you think I did the right thing rejecting this guest post?
2) What are the best Pro-Aging books that we should be featuring on ChangingAging? We’ve been compiling a Top 50 Pro-Aging book list and would love to hear what you’re reading. Take a look below and let us know what we’re missing — we have a few slots open.
- Abrahams, Ruby, At the End of the Day
- Butler, Robert, N, Why Survive?: Being Old in America
- Butler, Robert, N, The Longevity Revolution: The Benefits and Challenges of Living a Long Life
- Chittister, Joan, The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully
- Cohen, Gene, D., The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential In The Second Half Of Life
- Cohen, Gene, D., The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain
- Dass, Ram, Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying
- Fischer, Kathleen, Winter Grace: Spirituality and Aging
- Freedman, Marc, The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Midlife
- Friedan, Betty, The Fountain of Age
- Fry, Prem, S., Keyes, Corey L.M., New Frontiers in Resilient Aging: Life-Strengths and Well-Being in Late Life
- Graydon, Shari, I Feel Great About By Hands: And Other Unexpected Joys of Aging
- Green, Brent, Generation Reinvention
- Grossman, I.Michael, Coming to Terms with Aging
- Hanson, Amy, Baby Boomers and Beyond: Tapping the Ministry Talents and Passions of Adults over 50
- Heilbrun, Carolyn G., The Last Gift of Time:Life Beyond Sixty
- Hill, Robert D, Seven Strategies for Positive Aging
- Hurd, Clarke, Laura, Facing Age: Women Growing Older in Anti-Aging Culture
- Jackman, Elspeth, Enjoying Later Life (Making a Difference)
- Lustbader,MSW, Wendy, Life Gets Better
- Martz, Sandra, Grow Old Along with Me, The Best Is Yet to Be
- Matzkin, Alice, The Art of Aging: Celebrating the Authentic Aging Self
- Moody, PhD,Harry and Carroll, David, The Five Stages of the Soul: Charting the Spiritual Passages That Shape Our Lives
- Moody, Harry PhD and Sasser, Jennifer, Aging: Concepts and Controversies
- Morgan, PhD, Leslie A., and Kunkel PhD, Suzanne R., Society, and the Life Course, Fourth Edition
- Morganroth Gullette, Margaret, Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America
- Morganroth, Gullette, Margaret, Aged by Culture
- Nelson, Todd D., Ageism: Stereotyping and Prejudice against Older Persons
- Nouwen, Henri, J.M., Gaffney, Walter, J Aging: The Fulfillment of Life
- Plotkin, Bill, Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World
- Powell, Jason, Gilbert, Tony, Aging Identity: A Dialogue with Postmodernism
- Reid, Eve, Fearless Aging: A Journey of Self Discovery, Soul Work and Empowerment
- Rich, Cynthia, MacDonald, Barbara, Look Me in the Eye: Old Women, Aging and Ageism
- Richmond, Lewis, Aging as a Spiritual Practice: A Contemplative Guide to Growing Older and Wiser
- Rohr, Richard, Falling Upward:A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
- Sarton, May, As We Are Now
- Sarton, May, Encore: A Journal of the Eightieth Year
- Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman, Miller, Ronald, Age-ing to Sage-ing
- Thomas, William H M.D., What Are Old People For
- Thomas, William H M.D., In The Arms of Elders
- Thomason, Sally Palmer, Living Spirit of the Crone: Turning Aging Inside Out
- Walker, Smith, J. and Clurman, Ann, Generation Ageless: How Baby Boomers Are Changing the Way We Live Today….And They’re Just Getting Started
- Weintraub, Arlene, Selling the Fountain of Youth: How the Anti-Aging Industry Made a Disease Out of Getting Old-And Made Billions
- Williamson, Marianne, The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife
Two that I find informative are:
Marc E. Agronin, MD The End of Old Age: Living a Longer, More Purposeful Life (2018). Da Capo Press
Mar is a geriatric psychiatrist whose years of working with super seniors led him to write this book whose message is: “aging brings strength”.
Cheryl Richardson Waking Up in Winter: In Search of What Really Matters at Midlife. (2017). Harper Collins
Cheryl explores the abundance of opportunities to view life through positive lenses as she moves into her fifties. Applicable to all of us 50 and above.
There are so many wonderful titles here to explore! Please identify the works that include factual explanations of what happens to the aging female body by decade. Every time I visit a physician, I am told x,y, or z is happening “because you are getting older” or “Well, that is what happens as you approach 70.” I yearn for a guide that tells me what to expect generally , knowing not all changes are true in real time for all people. BTW, Richard Rohr’ s Falling Upward is wonderful.
I didn’t see “Learning to Grow Old” by Paul Tournier
Hello again! I inadvertently replied to a comment instead of posting a new comment. Once again:
Perhaps this book belongs on another list, but I must recommend it: _The Spectrum of Hope: An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias_, by Gayatri Devi. It speaks to me as an aging woman and a prospective care partner.
Feel free to edit as you wish.
Agree with the rejection of the article. A book I would add is by Ashton Applewhite – This Chair Rocks. A thoroughly researched, easy read that addresses all the issues of ageism.
And she has a great TED Talk. She is really an informative speaker.
Nothing compares to that wonderful Humanist/philosopher, Simone de Beauvoir, who’s take on aging, written fifty years ago, stands the test of time.
70Candles! Women Thriving in Their 8th Decade by Jane Giddan and Ellen Cole (Taos Institute Publications).
Offers inspiring views of the joys and challenges of women aging in this era of expanded longevity.
We welcome you to also join the conversation at 70Candles.com for on-going, heart-warming exploration of topics that matter to women as they age.
I am an 82 year-old man writing to test interest in memoirs I wrote about how to sustain youth, vitality and excellent health in advanced years. I enjoy these benefits without restrictions on good food, drink or engaging in strenuous exercise. I believe my memoirs could help any adult age more gracefully.
Applewhite, Ashton: This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism. http://amzn.to/1oL6gNh
Just sayin’.
I was wondering why your book wasn’t on the list, Ashton. It’s certainly an important addition to my book shelf. And what about Dr. Thomas’ Second Wind?
I love this list. Looks like there is lots of juicy reading.
Surprised to not see any of Ken Dyctwald’s books on the list or David Wolfe.
Jeez-Louise…I’m not very good at this, but here goes: I skimmed through all of the posts and I think I did not see one of Jane Pauley’s books listed:
“Your Life Calling-Reimagining the Rest of Your Life” -2014 Simon & Schuster
On the front flap of the dust jacket are these words:
“In 2014, every baby boomer will have reached the milestone age of fifty. For most, it’s not the end but the beginning of something new.”
Some critics have panned the book as the ‘Jane Story’–See Jane run; see Jane and her friends do well and do good; blah, blah, blah. Yeah, Jane and her friends are part of the book-so what! Jane is in her sixties; Jane has had a number of career changes and Jane has gone with the flow. I’m not Jane, am not in her shoes and do not have her wealth, her career or her life in anyway. But, what I do share is this almost insatiable desire to do something different with my life, to be a better person–maybe the best of my entire life.
My Bride died this past April. She died here at home, peacefully and with grace and dignity–just the way she wanted to and with me by her side. I am an ‘informal’ caregiver–the title bestowed by the American Psychological Association to us who are the principal and often only caregivers to our beloveds. There are an estimated 60,000,000+-yeah, million!–of us here in the US–all unpaid and untrained and often invisible to the world of medicine. We are too often treated like the Who’s, “deaf, dumb and blind boy” -the rock opera hero, Tommy.
Jane’s book has shed new light into my life. It’s a book that inspires and lifts you up. I’m not 23 anymore. As a former carpenter turned building contractor–since the early 70’s–I can longer heft large beams, climb a ladder with a bundle of shingles—nor do I wish to–and scamper around the peak of home’s roof. The questions she raises are the ‘ what can you do?’, ‘what have you dreampt of doing that you have not done?’ Is wealth a requirement to live your life (obviously it doesn’t hurt…) or what fears are there that I have not faced and that, maybe, it’s time I faced.
It’s also about, how can I help? Loneliness and isolation are huge problems for those who’ve lost their best friend, their spouse or child. It’s actually easier to reach out to just say hello to someone who just might need that one person that day–no money required. I am awe struck by this so very simple project taking place in Suffolk shire (NE of London) in the UK:
http://ruralcoffeecaravan.org.uk/
It’s an almost all volunteer group travelling the small villages in rural Suffolk and dispensing free coffee, tea and cakes, hugs and information from assorted care groups. Many villages have lost their pub, or the village shop (our neighborhood store/general store) or the village social group–all traditional meeting places for anyone and everyone. It’s simply, people reaching out to people.
I guess all I’m trying to say is that it does not always require a group or an organization to reach out to the isolated, the lonely and the ones often feeling helpless and hopeless.
Ed Latson near Ithaca NY
I second the recommendation of This Chair Rocks. A great discussion about how ageism affects us.
Also This is Getting Old by Susan Moon. Essays on aging from the Zen perspective.
Check out The Three Secrets of Aging on the psychology and spirituality of aging! Now getting a lot of attention (be Saging Internationsk, Shift Network, etc).
Consider adding any of Caroline Bird’s books on women and aging.
I was just doing a search looking for some meaningful information about getting older and aging gracefully. I was surprised at how many ads for vitamins, face lifts, and cosmetics came up. You are indeed correct to weed out as many of these extraneous subjects you can. I am looking for some psychological, philosophical, supportive ideas on growing old, not chasing Youth! Thank you for starting your discussion, and best of luck on your mission.
Martha, At age 80 I wrote the book you are looking for, “Dynamic Aging, I Intend to Live Forever, So Far, So Good.” Check it out on Amazon and let me know what you think.
We invite you to join the conversation at 70Candles.com where women have honest, interesting discussions about the joys and challenges of being this in or near tjeirm70s in this era of extended longevity.
and find our book…
70Candles! Women Thriving in Their 8th Decade …on Amazon.com
Jane Giddan and Ellen Cole.
That should say:
…women have honest, interesting conversations about the joys and challenges of being in or near their 70s in this era of extended longevity.
JG
Lists of aging books always miss the mystical dimensions of aging. If you are interested in the mystical power of the New Aging, please consider these books: The Three Secrets of Aging: A Radical Guide; Bedtime Stories for Elders: What Fairy Tales Can Teach Us About the New Aging; What Aging Men Want: The Odyssey as a Parable of Male Aging; Breakthrough: A Novel of the Second Half of Life; and coming soon The Divine Human. We are witnessing the birth of a new and sacred aging evolving from the spiritual dynamics of Initiation, Transformation, and Revelation. We are on the threshold of a new kind of aging and a new kind of human.
In as much as Changing Aging and Dr. Thomas have for months showcased and spoken glowingly of Ashton Applewhite and her book “This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism,” I believe it belongs on your list of best books on aging.
Thanks for leading the charge for so many years.
I am 67. I’m not in the best of health. I’ve had a great life. I have NO desire to leap tall buildings with a single bound. 🙂 Plus: 50% of us will have some kind of dementia, to a greater or lesser extent, by the age of 85. Secondly, 50% of us can no longer work by age 65 because of ill health. Yes, we’re living longer but we’re not living better. Until the medical establishment gets on board (for us oldsters and residents of The US of any age) — I don’t want to live, live, live until I die. Besides, Carl Jung said that old age was preparing for death — and I agree. With that said, I love Dr. Thomas’ concept of caring and active community homes. I also agree that we oldsters should have more autonomy and not just acquiesce to the wishes of our adult children. But, unfortunately, money/income/pension is the foundation of autonomy, and about 20% of us seniors are living in poverty. Probably closer to 25%. (I know the government says 1 in 6 — but we know that the poverty level demarcation line is a joke.) I hope Dr. Thomas’ addresses poverty in old age.
Hi Bella Terra. I read your comments and wonder if Atul Gawande’s book, Being Mortal, would belong in this list? He addresses your concerns about the medical establishment’s focus on getting well or staying young and the fact that they seem to ignore our mortality. It is about dying and the limits of medicine and about living to the last with autonomy, dignity, and joy. (Katherine Boo).
” Until the medical establishment gets on board (for us oldsters and residents of The US of any age) — I don’t want to live, live, live until I die.” I appreciate your post.
Renie Cline
April 15, 2019
Take a look at Dr. Atul Gawande’s new book: “Being Mortal”
Being Mortal was very informative. Gave me a greater understanding of some of the market decisions regarding aging.
Yes, I agree that you were wise to reject the well-meant but wrong-headed guest submission. For your book list, I heartily recommend “Finishing Our Course With Joy” by J. I. Packer (subtitled “Guidance from God for Engaging with Our Aging)”). Writing with just such joy, Packer frames old age as “ripeness,” a normal time of opportunity and greater focus, “in direct contrast to the advice for old age that our secular Western world currently gives…both explicitly and implicitly.”
What a great assortment of book suggestions from all posts. I see my reading list growing! I have a few to suggest as well: THE NEW POLITICS OF OLD AGE POLICY (2nd Ed) Robert Hudson; EMBRACING ELDERHOOD: PLANNING FOR THE NEXT STAGE OF LIFE, Laurie Menzies; KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR: THE PATH TO A BETTER WAY OF DEATH, Katy Butler; AGING SOCIAL POLICIES: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, Robbyn Wacker, Karen Roberto; ETHICS, AGING AND SOCIETY, THE CRITICAL TURN, Martha Holstein, Jennifer Parks, Mark Waymack, AGING IN COMMUNITY, Ed. Janice Blanchard and Bolton Anthony. I am reading DIE WISE: A MANIFESTO FOR SANITY AND SOUL, Stephen Jenkinson, and though I do not agree with all of his points and philosophy, I have found it interesting and thought provoking.
Two of my choices (those on policy) make me shudder when I think about the lack of discussion regarding aging issues in this upcoming election.
Learning to Be Old: Gender: Culture & Aging by Margaret Cruikshank. Superb treatise with a strong feminist slant. Excerpt: No longer economically “useful,” many who are old nevertheless “produce something of great monetary value: illness,” writes age scholar Margaret Cruikshank. “The business of the old is to be sick.”
Second this point about the importance of Cruikshank. No one opened my eyes about aging more than she did!!
Yes, you absolutely did the right thing. My current personal favorite is the new book “Essays after Eighty, by the wonderful poet Donald Hall.
About your book list… Just cuz I’m 75 and pretty gimpy doesn’t mean I didn’t adore the book “What Makes Olga Run.” By the way (and since the book came out) Olga died, but was active until the last week! I wish elders would stop avoiding “assistive devices”… I walk with canes or forearm crutches and after 5 or 10 minutes I improve a lot, but I couldn’t get going without my sticks. They’re a symbol of my strength, not my weakness.
Good for you! Anything that assists your life can only be viewed as a positive.
I completely concur with your position. Based on what books are popular, people appear to be more concerned with how many wrinkles they have instead of how long they live (and in what physical/mental condition).
The only book I would add to that list is a more recent one by James Lee (who previously appeared to focus more on brain health) called The Methuselah Project. This one focuses on all the biological theories of aging (such as AGEs, sirtuins, oxidative stress etc) along with anything else that may reduce your chances of reaching old age (like risky behavior etc). It was one of the few books where the author took a balanced view and didn’t appear to be pushing any agenda.
Also a fan of the Blue Zones book (and the research backing it up). My only problem is identifying exactly which of the factors is responsible for longevity in each zone. One of the only factors that is beyond reproach is the importance of socializing and maintaining deep bonds with others.
Yes, you did exactly the right thing to protect the focus, integrity, and purpose of this site. I appreciate the list of books and the suggestions from people who commented, too.
I recently read Friedan’s book. It convinced me that I too often take a doom-and-gloom view of aging (but not always). I have also read Dass, Plotkin and Thomas. But now I have 41 more titles to read and add to my list: http://thegenerationaboveme.blogspot.com/2012/06/books-on-aging.html
I agree with your decision also. It seems to me that ageing well is about finding meaning and purpose as we transition from working full-time and being busy, to living a life of more fulfilment and joy. This transition to new beginnings may mean accommodating health, relationship and financial issues that accompany growing older of course. I would commend the fine work of Dr George Vaillant of Harvard University and his longitudinal studies, reflected in his books ‘Ageing Well'(2002, Little Brown) and ‘Triumphs of Experience’ (2012, Belnap Harvard) .For more investigative reading I recommend the life stages work of Daniel Levinson in ‘The Seasons of a Man’s Life’ and ‘The Seasons of a Woman’s Life’.
I agree with your decision. To me, aging is a profound journey moved along by losses of all shapes and sizes by which we surrender the old self of the busy middle years and await a new kind of self experience. Energy, senses, health, goals, understandings all change and we often lose friends, family, roles and identities in this process. It’s not easy and the goal isn’t necessarily life extension, which often seems to me like a denial of age. Age is meant to change us, deepen us, and awaken us. It is an initiation into a completely kind of life, a transformation of body and self, and the revelation of a new and really sacred world all around us. Our new and unprecedented longevity represents a truly new stage of human life filled with age-appropriate psychological and spiritual tasks that can contribute to humankind’s evolution of consciousness and morality. It’s not about me anymore – that’s Boomer narcissism, it’s about something so much larger. This stage may even be the flowering of a new kind of human. So let us not be so afraid of change and loss, and through the our grief, know much more than we did before about what life’s meaning and purpose. I would ask you to consider adding one of more of my works on aging (The Three Secrets of Aging, Bedtime Stories for Elders, and What Aging Men Want) to your list of recommended books. As a psychologist, interfaith minister, and aging man, I am following a thread of profound personal growth and awakening in these years that are certainly a gift of grace. Many thanks, John
John, what a wonderful and thoughtful comment. Thank you so much for sharing. I will commit to review each of your books for consideration to include on our list (which we will enshrine in a more formal format soon). In return, can you share with us a couple of the books that most influenced/guided you in writing these works?
Gladly! 1) Florida Scott-Maxwell’s book, The Measure of My Days, is a gutsy and profound look at aging written in the first person by a Jungian therapist in her 80’s. It is very insightful and a must read. 2) All the books published by Second Journey Publications are edited collections from Bolton Anthony and include some fine writers on elder themes like serving, inner work, passages to elder hood, and writing as spiritual practice. I have been asked recently to contribute to this lovely series. 3) There is a poem by Stanley Kunitz called The Layers contained in his last work, The Wild Braid, written around the age of 90 that is the most beautiful and amazing description of the state of old age I have ever seen. I can send you a copy if wish. Thanks so much. Best wishes, John
Here’s the poem that you mentioned:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/242450
I totally agree with your choice to reject her selections! Hurray for you! I have often thought that if we who are working with elders to change the culture and create better services for elders could get 5 cents of every dollar spent on anti-aging creams and products we would never have to worry about how to fund programs again!
Kavan,
I’m honored to see my name and book included with this list. For clarification, I have written two books with titles led by “Generation.” My most recent business book, “Generation Reinvention,” discusses how Boomers are changing business, marketing, aging and the future. Last year I quietly published “Generation Liberation” as a Kindle book. This book includes twelve short stories within three sections covering Boomer youth, mid-life and old age. The fiction book addresses aging in many ways, both uplifting and with consternation. I’m wondering if perhaps you intended to include “Generation Reinvention” in this list since the book explores business, culture, sociology, and media portrayals of aging. Thanks,
Brent Green
You got it Brent! Post is updated.
I enjoyed Barbara Strauch’s The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain
The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind
I find James Hillman’s book The Force of Character a very important and repeated read.
Agree! James Hillman’s book was the first book I read on aging, years ago, and the book I return to regularly.
Susan Weed – New Menopausal Years: The Wise Woman Way. Beautiful book on embracing a natural transition in life.
Maybe I missed it, but I would include Successful Aging by John Wallis Rowe and Robert L. Kahn. This was the report of findings from the MacArthur Foundation Study of Aging in America, and is the foundation for so much work being done to improve the senior living experience. I always suggest it to anyone who wants a good overview of the key elements of a successful aging process.
This absolutely should go on the list. It explodes some of the most damaging myths of aging and inspired me to start my blog.
I am old! Don’t care much for the wrinkles but that is part of the aging process. I don’t have a problem with aging as much as I have with the comments, jokes, disrespect, patronizing, and stupid stereotypes that I am/we are subjected to each day. All I ask is that I be allowed to continue being who I am and respected as an individual who has lived a long time. I respect people for who they are, not for the number of years they have or have not lived.
You rejected a comment but then commented on it yourself? Talk about patronizing an older person . . . you have defined that attitude.
Richard — Don’t you think we should have editorial standards? We certainly don’t reject comments — anyone is free to post comments in the comments section. But we’re not going to publish an article diametrically opposed to the mission of our publication. Why would we do that?
And if you object to my writing about it — well, I felt the author, as well as our audience, deserved an explanation. I call that transparency, not patronization. And where do you get off assuming the reader is an “older person”?
You know what they say about the word ASSUME.
Perhaps this book belongs on another list, but I must recommend it: _The Spectrum of Hope: An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias_, by Gayatri Devi. It speaks to me as an aging woman and a prospective care partner.
Journal of a Solitude By May Sarton (I think this is the best of Sarton’s several on age)
The Longevity Revolution by Dr. Robert N. Butler (precedes the Longevity Prescription book
The Summer of a Dormouse by British playwright, novelist and barrister, John Mortimer, who is also the author of the Rumpole of the Bailey series of stories. The first sentence is: “The time will come in your life, it will almost certainly come, when the voice of God will thunder at you from the cloud, ‘From this day forth thou shalt not be able to put on thine own socks.'”
Travels with Epicurus, A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life by Daniel Klein (brand new and wonderful)
My Twice-Lived Life by Donald M. Murray (fabulous essays from his great weekly newspaper column on getting old)
The Art of Aging, A Doctor’s Prescription for Well-Being by Sherwin B. Nuland
Somewhere Toward the End, A Memoir by Diana Athill
Old Age by Simone de Beauvoir
The Long History of Old Age, edited by Pat Thane
Old Age, Journey Into Simplicity by Helen M. Luke
What a great list, Ronni. Thank you!
I loved Susan Jacoby’s acerbic Never Say Die: The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age. British author Diana Athill’s wonderful memior Somewhere Near the End explores what it is like to be old from the point of view of 90. In her book, You Could Live a Long Time: Are You Ready, Canadian Lyndsay Green interviews numerous elders to glean their wisdom about living in old age.
Thanks for the good suggestions, Ms. Cunnington. I forgot that I have “Never Say Die,” but haven’t read it yet.
“Aging with Grace” by David Snowden, PhD
Thank you for giving me reason to make use of my Amazon account. LOL I have read many of these books and enjoyed them. As for the rejection of the article- I think you were in the right. I have been asked to promote anti-aging lotions and potions, but refuse to do so. I am all for assisting people to “take care” of their bodies while embracing who they are and where they are in their journey. It is about living, expressing life as authentically YOU. When my books are published I hope they will make your “the best Pro-Aging books” list.
I look forward to reading more about the exploration of life after adulthood.
Pretty good Becky and I am loving this comment thread. Hope you are well. Your favorite book ???