Another Country Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders |
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| Author:
| Pipher, Mary |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56895-828-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2000 |
| Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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| Imprint: | Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $56.05 |
Book Description:
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In this helpful, hopeful field guide, Mary Pipher turns her keen eye to a troubled passage - the journey into old age. She writes about our parents and grandparents, because as they grow older, the relationships among us become more complex and difficult just when they need to be the closest and strongest. And the aging process can be just as painful for us - daughters and sons, granddaughters and grandsons - as it is for them. The gradual turning of life's tide can take us by...
More DescriptionIn this helpful, hopeful field guide, Mary Pipher turns her keen eye to a troubled passage - the journey into old age. She writes about our parents and grandparents, because as they grow older, the relationships among us become more complex and difficult just when they need to be the closest and strongest. And the aging process can be just as painful for us - daughters and sons, granddaughters and grandsons - as it is for them. The gradual turning of life's tide can take us by surprise, as we find ourselves unprepared to begin caring for those who have always cared for us. And many of us realise that we are also lacking a useful way to think about growing older ourselves.