In this book people over the age of 70 talk about how they remain vital. The result is a treasury of humor and profundity by some of the most fascinating and gifted men and women of our time. "Americans have an insatiable hunger to remain unwrinkled, thin, and youthful. It seems we want to be accepted for who we were, not who we are, as we push into our sixties, seventies, eighties, and beyond. But what if the midlife and later years were not something to be feared? What if these years were about creating things, finding purpose, discovering meaning, having fun, and experiencing joy? How different would our later years be if we measured our days not by what we might lose, but by what we might gain." —from the introduction by Connie Goldman Contributors include: Walter Mondale, M.F.K. Fisher, Studs Terkel, Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy, Stanley Kunitz, John Cage, Jason Robards, Rollo May and many others
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