The Time Of Our Lives. Growing Older Well

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Brio Books
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2020
Edition: First Edition

Description: 317 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Whats the key to the art of growing older well Is it an art that anyone can cultivate How should we confront dying and death in a secular age What about sex when were older What about loneliness (And, for that matter, what about facelifts)At the height of his powers in this remarkable (and often witty) book, Robert Dessaix addresses these increasingly urgent questions in inimitable prose and comes up with some surprising answers. From Java to Hobart via Berlin, Dessaix invites us to eavesdrop on his intimate, no-nonsense conversations about ageing with friends and chance acquaintances.Reflecting on time, religion, painting, dancing and even grandchildren, Dessaix takes us on an enlivening journey across the landscape of growing older. Riffing on writers and thinkers from Plato to Eva Hoffman, he homes in on the crucial importance of a rich inner life.The Time of Our Lives is a wise and timely exploration of not just the challenges but also the many possibilities of old age.

ISBN: 9781922267481