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The Ninth Decade - An Octogenarian's Chronicle (Paperback)
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The Ninth Decade - An Octogenarian's Chronicle (Paperback)
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Loot Price R430
Discovery Miles 4 300
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The Ninth Decade is a path-breaking and timely book on aging: the
first to focus explicitly and at length on eighty-somethings, the
fastest-growing demographic in the industrialized world. Covering
eight years in lively six-month installments, Klaus tells a vivid
story not only of his own ninth decade and survival routines, but
also of his loving companion, Jackie, who is strikingly different
from him in her physical well-being, practical outlook, sociable
temperament, and vigorous workouts. Cameos of their octogenarian
friends and relatives near and far add to a wide-ranging and
revelatory portrayal of advanced aging, as do bios of notable
octogenarians. The multi-year scope of his chronicle reveals the
numerous physical and mental problems that arise during
octogenarian life and how eighty-year-olds have dealt with those
challenges. The Ninth Decade is a unique, first-hand source of
information for anyone in their sixties, seventies, or eighties, as
well as for persons devoted to care of the aged. Though the
challenges of octogenarian life often require specialized care, The
Ninth Decade also shows the pleasures of it to be so special as to
have inspired Lillian Hellman's paradoxical description of "longer
life" as "the happy problem of our time."
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