Late-Life Love - A Memoir (Paperback)

On Susan Gubar's seventieth birthday, she receives a beautiful ring from her husband. As she contemplates their sustaining relationship, she begins to consider how older lovers differ from their youthful counterparts-and from ageist stereotypes. While her husband confronts age-related disabilities that effectively ground them, Susan dawdles over the logistics of moving from their cherished country house to a more manageable place in town and starts seeking out literature on the changing seasons of desire. Throughout the complications of devoted caregiving, her own ongoing cancer treatments, apartment hunting, the dismantling of a household and perplexity over the breakdown of a treasured friendship, Susan finds consolation in books and movies. Works by writers from Ovid and Shakespeare to Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Marilynne Robinson lead Susan to appraise the obstacles many senior couples overcome: the unique sexuality of bodies beyond their prime as well as the trials of retirement, adult children, physical infirmities, the multiplications or subtractions of memory and the after effects of trauma. On the page and in life, Susan realises that age cannot wither love. A memoir proving that the heart's passions have no expiration date, Late-Life Love rejoices in second chances.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2020
Authors:	Susan Gubar
Dimensions:	211 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-35763-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with old age Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adults > Elderly Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-393-35763-5
Barcode:	9780393357639

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