Love Stories of Later Life: A Narrative Approach to Understanding Romance

by Amanda S. Barusch

Even with baby boomers retiring and greater media and research attention being lavished on older people, most gerontologists have studiously avoided examining romance among the elderly. Love Stories of Later Life is an appealing and eye-opening remedy to this neglect, as leading gerontologist Amanda Smith Barusch presents original research into what love and romance mean in seniors' lives. The result is a glimpse into a world many people didn't know...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195314042
• ISBN13: 9780195314045
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"