Happiness is a choice you make : lessons from a year among the oldest old
(2018)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
305.26/LELAND,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2018]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780374168186, 0374168180, 9780374538194 (pbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Meet the elders -- Surprise of a lifetime -- The paradox of old age -- Why older means wiser -- Love in the time of Lipitor -- On the other hand ... -- More years, less life? -- The lessons -- The lessons of Fred -- The lessons of Ping -- The lessons of John -- The lessons of Helen -- The lessons of Ruth -- The lessons of Jonas
A "look at what it means to grow old and a ... guide to well-being, [this book] weaves together the stories and wisdom of six New Yorkers who number among the 'oldest old'--those eighty-five and up"--Dust jacket flap