Growing Old

<p><strong>From the revered author of the bestselling <em>The Hidden Life of Dogs</em> a witty engaging life-affirming account of the joy strength and wisdom that comes with age.</strong><br/><br/>Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has spent a lifetime observing the natural world chronicling the customs of pre-contact hunter-gatherers and the secret lives of deer and dogs. In this book the capstone of her long career Thomas now eighty-eight turns her keen eye to her own life. The result is an account of growing old that is at once funny and charming and intimate and profound both a memoir and a life-affirming map all of us may follow to embrace our later years with grace and dignity. </p><p>A charmingly intimate account and a broad look at the social and historical traditions related to aging <em>Growing Old</em> explores a wide range of issues connected with growing older from stereotypes of the elderly as burdensome to the methods of burial humans have used throughout history to how to deal with a concerned neighbor who assumes you're buying cat food to eat for dinner. </p><p>Written with the wit of Nora Ephron's <em>I Feel Bad About My Neck</em> and the lyrical beauty and serene wisdom of <em>When Breath Becomes Air Growing Old</em> is an expansive and deeply personal paean to the beauty and the brevity of life that offers understanding for everyone regardless of age. </p>