AGE IS JUST A NUMBER – NONFICTION

Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age is a history of the senior experience in modern America, revealing how security exists only for some. Historian JAMES CHAPPEL shows how old age first emerged as a distinct stage of life and then evolved, urging us to look to the past to better understand old age today – and how it could be better tomorrow. In The Second Fifty: Answers to the 7 Big Questions of Midlife and Beyond, DEBRA WHITMAN, PH.D., shares how Americans are now living decades longer than previous generations. These added years offer exciting possibilities but also raise crucial questions. Whitman draws on personal stories, interviews with experts, and the often surprising findings of cutting-edge research to provide a roadmap for navigating the second half of life.

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