Learn to Grow Old

by Paul Tournier

Book Overview

In this warm, sensitive, fact-filled book, Paul Tournier deals specifically with many aspects of aging: society's attitude toward the elderly, second careers, the quality of life, financial difficulties, boredom, health, loneliness, and facing death. He maintains the best way to learn to grow old is to prepare for it throughout life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060683600
• ISBN13: 9780060683603
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Book

This is one of my favorite books. I often reread it. It is pretty heavy, but is filled with practical ways of looking at life whether you are young, in mid-life or late-life. I loved the wholistic view that the author has on wellness - physical, emotional and spiritual. It gave me a whole new way of looking at life now and in my so-called "retirement" years.

It's not just for the old!--Ways to enrich life

Paul Tournier has written a book designed to enrich the life of every adult. In "Learn To Grow Old," he shares the wisdom of the art of preparing for old age, a phenomemon that most of us will experience, but for which few of us will be ready. As his book reveals, preparing for old age will actually make our young adulthood as well as our mature years more rewarding as a result. Using leisure time most effectively is a learned behavior, as is enjoying the good of what life offers. Most of us pass rapidly by the joys of life in our rush to one appointment or another, one task, one volunteer session, one social event, and the like. Tournier reminds us concretely and thoroughly that the time to live life to the fullest is in the present, in anticipation of a richer future.World-reknowned as a psychologist and author, Tournier's authority comes in part from his background in psychology, practice in medicine, knowledge of humanity, and religion. His is sound advice and he has unforgettable wisdom to share.