Happiness is a choice you make : lessons from a year among the oldest old

The Resource Happiness is a choice you make : lessons from a year among the oldest old
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Happiness is a choice you make : lessons from a year among the oldest old
Title remainder
lessons from a year among the oldest old
Statement of responsibility
John Leland
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Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
  • 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
  • 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 art
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
305.2609747/1
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
BF724.85.H35
LC item number
L45 2018
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography

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