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How to Live : A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth) by Henry Alford (2010, Trade Paperback)

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Armed with recent medical evidence that supports the cliche that older people are, indeed, wiser, Alford sets off to interview people over 70 - some famous (Phyllis Diller, Harold Bloom, Edward Albee), some accomplished (the world's most-quoted author, a woman who walked across the country at age 89 in support of campaign finance reform), some unusual (a pastor who thinks napping is a form of prayer, a retired aerospace engineer who eats food out of the garbage.) Early on in the process, Alford interviews his 79 year-old mother and step-father, and inadvertently changes the course of their 36 year-long union.Part family memoir, part Studs Terkel, How To Live considers some unusual sources - deathbed confessions, late-in-life journals - to deliver a highly optimistic look at our dying days. By showing that life after 70 is the fulfilment of, not the end to, life's questions and trials, How to Live delivers that most unexpected punch: it makes you actually 'want to get old'.

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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10
0446196045
ISBN-13
9780446196048
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73057771

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Book Title
How to Live : a Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on this Earth)
Author
Henry Alford
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Gerontology, General
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Philosophy
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
8.5 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Hq1061.A52 2010
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Genial, self-deprecating, consistently witty and entertaining . . . The author artfully threads his personal story through the narrative.-- Denver Post, Genial, self-deprecating, consistently witty and entertaining . . . The author artfully threads his personal story through the narrative., Henry Alford, with his quirky sensibility in full flower, details what he discovered in his odyssey among America's elders in an engaging and illuminating new memoir.-- Seattle Post Intelligencer, Henry Alford, with his quirky sensibility in full flower, details what he discovered in his odyssey among America's elders in an engaging and illuminating new memoir., Time spent readingHow to Livewill not be regretted by those of any age. The book succeeds both as an accessible survey of wisdom and the personal journey of a midlife man who, like many of us, is trying to see the road ahead with the assistance of the rearview mirror of those who precede him., While Alford's intellectual nimbleness puts him on par with Wilde and Benchley, his personal investment infuses HOW TO LIVE with an emotional expansiveness uniquely his own., Time spent reading How to Live will not be regretted by those of any age. The book succeeds both as an accessible survey of wisdom and the personal journey of a midlife man who, like many of us, is trying to see the road ahead with the assistance of the rearview mirror of those who precede him.-- LA Times, While Alford's intellectual nimbleness puts him on par with Wilde and Benchley, his personal investment infuses HOW TO LIVE with an emotional expansiveness uniquely his own.-- Vanity Fair, Time spent reading How to Live will not be regretted by those of any age. The book succeeds both as an accessible survey of wisdom and the personal journey of a midlife man who, like many of us, is trying to see the road ahead with the assistance of the rearview mirror of those who precede him.
Copyright Date
2010
Dewey Decimal
155.67
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22

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