Growing Old Notes on ageing with something like grace by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas PUBLISHED: 03 SEP 2020 PRICE: 12.99 FORMAT: DEMY HARDBACK EXTENT: 224p ISBN: 9781780724348 SHORT BOOKS TERRITORIES: UK ONLY From the revered author of the bestselling The Hidden Life of Dogs, a witty, engaging, life-affirming account of the joy, strength, and wisdom that comes with age. 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, 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. Growing Old explores a wide range of issues connected with ageing, from stereotypes of the elderly as burdensome to the methods of burial humans have used throughout history to how to deal with a concerned neighbour who assumes you’re buying cat food to eat for dinner. Written with the wit of Nora Ephron’s I Feel Bad About My Neck and the lyrical beauty of When Breath Becomes Air, Growing Old is an expansive and deeply personal paean to the beauty and the brevity of life that offers understanding for everyone, regardless of age. About Elizabeth Marshall Thomas One of the most widely read American anthropologists, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has observed dogs, cats, and elephants during her half-century-long career. In 1993 Thomas wrote The Hidden Life of Dogs, a ground-breaking work of animal psychology that spent nearly a year on the New York Times bestseller list. Her book on cats, Tribe of Tiger, was also an international bestseller. She lives in New Hampshire, America, on her family's former farm, where she observes deer, bobcats, bear, and many other species of wildlife. Books Find out what's new this month, discover our back list and learn more about our latest new title: Perfect Pitch. Authors Who wrote what, when and why? Learn about our authors and their books. News and Events Keep up with the latest from Short Books. Follow @shortbooksuk on Twitter. Short Books • Unit 316, ScreenWorks, 22 Highbury Grove, London N5 2EF • +44 (0)20 7833 9429 info@shortbooks.co.uk Privacy policy with information on cookies • Terms and conditions