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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 2015, Leland set out to meet members of America's fastest-growing age group: 85 and up. He anticipated learning of challenges, of loneliness, and of the deterioration of body, mind, and quality of life. But the elders he met lived with a surprising lightness and contentment, revealing the late stages of life as unexpectedly rich and the elderly as incomparably wise. Here are reflections on how to "live better"-- from those who have mastered the...