| Light on Aging and Dying: Wise Words Contributor(s): Nearing, Helen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156004968 ISBN-13: 9780156004961 Publisher: HarperOne OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1998 Annotation: An inspirational gathering of thoughts on living a good old age into death, selected by the coauthor of the bestselling LIVING THE GOOD LIFE. With her husband, Scott--who lived to be 100--Helen Nearing (1904-1995) was a leading voice in the self-sufficiency movement and nonconformist thinking. Here she reflects, through the wise words of others, on the meaning of a long life and the wonder of what lies beyond. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Inspirational - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Later Years - Family & Relationships | Death, Grief, Bereavement |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97020613 |
| Series: Harvest Book |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.58" W x 8.5" (0.50 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A treasury of wisdom on growing old gracefully-featuring the words of Ovid, Thomas Jefferson, Walt Whitman, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Henry James, Carlos Castenada, Annie Dillard, Anatole Broyard, and many others-compiled by the renowned coauthor of Living the Good Life just before her death at age 91. |