Book description
In these nine essays, Susan Lieberman is exploring The Country of Old, in which she finds herself a new immigrant. She examines the difficulties of leaving "that other place" and making sense of this new country. Lieberman's touch is light but her analysis of the challenges/opportunities of aging is provocative.…
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1 author picked In the Country of Old as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a very short book that uses wit and wisdom to encourage readers to think differently about the aging process. Reframing getting old as entering a new and foreign country with different customs was very clever and a gentle nudge to shift your mindset.
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