Will I love This Chair Rocks?

Ageism is insidious and largely undiscussed. Why should you care? Because if you’re younger, misperceptions about what aging entails can lead you to fear it.

If you’re in middle life and seeing changes in your body and your place in society, you know that the pull to defy age is strong and ultimately pointless. And for older people, becoming invisible and not having your life’s wisdom honored can lead to poorer health outcomes. All of us benefit from acknowledging the limitations but also the strengths and beauty of aging.

After reading this well-researched, humorous, deeply thoughtful book, I feel more… show more.

Ashton Applewhite, an expert on ageism, shows how most of us have internalized negative images of old age and we have also misproven stereotypes of older people go unchallenged. This book opened my eyes to my own ageism and how it limited me and it book will probably open your eyes as well. The book is lively and full of interesting facts as well as solidly researched. I found Applebaum’s vision of a world without ageism to be inspirational.