Aging Comes of Age: Older People Finding Themselves

by Frank Hutchison and Frank Hutchinson

Following retirement, older people today are starting new businesses, returning to universities, becoming world travelers, entering the arts, taking full-time volunteer jobs, and setting new patterns of divorce and remarriage. In this "why to" book, Frank Hutchison gives encouragement to mature persons who wish to have satisfying personal lives while contributing to society. He outlines many facets of a better and greatly expanded life by pointing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664251889
• ISBN13: 9780664251888
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

the aging cheerleader

It is more usual to come accross more balanced books - that is, books that treat aging a problem or issue. It is refreshing to come accross an unabashed song of joy and encouragement. The other books have their function as well - we are growing in pain, growing in frailty, growing in limitations that nature puts upon us. Not everyone can be like Moses, who was hearty and strong until his death at 120. But this book at least sets a hopeful tone, and is helpful in its positive focus.