Happiness is a choice you make
Subtitle: lessons from a year among the oldest old
By: John Leland
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780374168186
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Happiness in old age; Older people; Conduct of life; Wisdom
Description: In 2015, Leland set out to meet members of America's fastest-growing age group: 85 and up. He anticipated learning of challenges, of loneliness, and of the deterioration of body, mind, and quality of life. But the elders he met lived with a surprising lightness and contentment, revealing the late stages of life as unexpectedly rich and the elderly as incomparably wise. Here are reflections on how to "live better"-- from those who have mastered the art.
Notes: "Sarah Crichton Books"

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-240).
Table of contents: title: Meet the elders; title: Surprise of a lifetime; title: The paradox of old age; title: Why older means wiser; title: Love in the time of Lipitor; title: On the other hand ...; title: More years, less life?; title: The lessons; title: The lessons of Fred; title: The lessons of Ping; title: The lessons of John; title: The lessons of Helen; title: The lessons of Ruth; title: The lessons of Jonas.