{"product_id":"growing-old-notes-on-aging-with-something-like-grace-9780062956446","title":"Growing Old: Notes on Aging with Something Like Grace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the revered author of the bestselling \u003cem\u003eThe Hidden Life of Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e, a witty, engaging, life-affirming account of the joy, strength, and wisdom that comes with age.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Marshall Thomas has spent a lifetime observing the natural world, chronicling the customs of pre-contact hunter-gatherers and the secret lives of deer and dogs. In this book, the capstone of her long career, Thomas, now eighty-eight, turns her keen eye to her own life. The result is an account of growing old that is at once funny and charming and intimate and profound, both a memoir and a life-affirming map all of us may follow to embrace our later years with grace and dignity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA charmingly intimate account and a broad look at the social and historical traditions related to aging, \u003cem\u003eGrowing Old\u003c\/em\u003e explores a wide range of issues connected with growing older, from stereotypes of the elderly as burdensome to the methods of burial humans have used throughout history to how to deal with a concerned neighbor who assumes you're buying cat food to eat for dinner. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with the wit of Nora Ephron's \u003cem\u003eI Feel Bad About My Neck\u003c\/em\u003e and the lyrical beauty and serene wisdom of \u003cem\u003eWhen Breath Becomes Air, Growing Old\u003c\/em\u003e is an expansive and deeply personal paean to the beauty and the brevity of life that offers understanding for everyone, regardless of age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas, Elizabeth Marshall:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eOne of the most widely read American anthropologists, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has observed dogs, cats, and elephants during her half-century-long career. In the 1980s Thomas studied elephants alongside Katy Payne--the scientist who discovered elephants' communication via infrasound. In 1993 Thomas wrote \u003cem\u003eThe Hidden Life of Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e, a groundbreaking work of animal psychology that spent nearly a year on the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller list. Her book on cats, \u003cem\u003eTribe of Tiger\u003c\/em\u003e, was also an international bestseller. She lives in Peterborough, New Hampshire, on her family's former farm, where she observes deer, bobcats, bear, and many other species of wildlife.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50677319008530,"sku":"9780062956446","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_49826108-e124-428a-977c-096caeea409b.jpg?v=1733893103","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/growing-old-notes-on-aging-with-something-like-grace-9780062956446","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}