Never Say Die: The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age

by Susan Jacoby and Silvano Arieti

Book Overview

A wake-up call to Americans who have long been deluded by the dangerous twenty-first hucksters of longevity. "If old age isn't for sissies, neither is Susan Jacoby's tough-minded and important book ... which demolishes popular myths that we can 'cure' the 'disease' of aging."--The Washington Post

Combining historical, social, and economic analysis with personal experiences of love and loss, Jacoby reveals the hazards of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307456285
• ISBN13: 9780307456281
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.9"