Ever since I have inhabited old age, I have looked and listened, mostly in vain, for news of what it is like for others who inhabit it too. Naturally, I'm interested in its well-known depredations, the physical and mental ones that people in their forties and fifties so publicly dread. And who would not delight in the theatrical props of old age - the pills and sticks, the shrieking hearing aids and the tricks for countering the loss of names and threads and glasses. But that's not all. I have a fond hope that in old age there may be new kinds of time and of pleasure, perhaps even new kinds of vitality and that, though we forget and muddle and fail to hear things, there may be moments when we truly understand what's going on for the first time. But then I've always been a late developer.' Deeply thoughtful, wry and resilient, this fascinating and absorbing book about growing older is a life-enhancing look at what all of us - if we are lucky - can aspire to.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN-13
9781844086504
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99956197
Product Key Features
Book Title
Crazy Age: Thoughts on Being Old
Author
Jane Miller
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
196mm
Item Width
130mm
Item Weight
230g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Jane Miller
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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