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Life Gets Better : The Unexpected Pleasures of Growing Older by Wendy Lustbader is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
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The Acclaimed Author Of What's Worth Knowing Reveals The Truth About Aging: Old Age Often Offers A Richer, Better, And More Self-assured Life Than Youth. From Our Earliest Lives, We Are Told That Our Youth Will Be The Best Time Of Our Lives-that The Energy And Vitality Of Youth Are The Most Important Qualities A Person Can Possess, And That Everything That Comes After Will Be A Sad Decline. But In Reality, Says Wendy Lustbader, Youth Is Not The Golden Era It Is Often Made Out To Be. For Many, It Is A Time Riddled With Anxiety, Angst, Confusion, And The Torture Of Uncertainty. Conversely, The Media Often Feeds Us A Vision Of Growing Older As A Journey Of Defeat And Diminishment. They Are Dead Wrong. As Lustbader Counters, Life Gets Better As We Get Older, On All Levels Except The Physical. Life Gets Better Is Not A Precious Or Whimsical Tome On The Quirky Wisdom Of The Elderly. Lustbader-who Has Worked For Several Decades As A Social Worker Specializing In Aging Issues-conducted Firsthand Research With Aging And Elderly People In All Walks Of Life, And She Found That They Overwhelmingly Spoke Of The Mental And Emotional Richness They Have Drawn From Aging. Lustbader Discovered That
Who reads Life Gets Better : The Unexpected Pleasures of Growing Older?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Wendy Lustbader
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781585428922
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Family & Relationships, Self Help, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.7 / 5 (96 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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