Growing Old: Notes on Aging with Something like Grace

Name: Growing Old: Notes on Aging with Something like Grace
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Rating: 4.3 (286 reviews)
Author: Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Nonfiction Memoir

4.3 (286)

4.3 stars from 286 reviews

224 pages~3.7 hr readPublished by Short Books, LimitedPublished 2020-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You're approaching or in your later years and want honest, unsentimental reflection on what ageing actually feels like, not the sanitised version.
You loved Nora Ephron's sharp wit about getting older and appreciate writers who can be funny about decline without denying its difficulty.
You admire Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's previous work observing animals and cultures, and want to see that same curiosity applied to her own mortality.

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You're looking for a self-help manual with practical tips on staying young or fighting the ageing process.
You prefer strictly linear, chronological memoirs over essays that weave together personal reflection, history, and philosophy.
You find dark humour about mortality uncomfortable rather than liberating.

About this book

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs, offers an account of aging that combines memoir with practical reflection. Drawing on a lifetime spent observing the natural world—from pre-contact hunter-gatherer societies to the behavior of deer and dogs—Thomas, now eighty-eight, examines her own experience of growing older. The book addresses a range of topics related to aging, including cultural stereotypes about elderly people, historical burial practices, and everyday social situations. Thomas writes with humor and intimacy, exploring both personal anecdotes and broader social and historical perspectives on aging. Growing Old presents aging as a time of strength and wisdom, offering readers a framework for approaching their later years with grace and dignity.

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