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If I Live to Be 100 Book Lessons from the Centenarians Autographed by N. Ellis
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Signed
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780609608425
- Book Title
- If I Live to Be 100 : Lessons from the Centenarians
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- General
- Item Weight
- 13.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.8 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0609608428
ISBN-13
9780609608425
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2276865
Product Key Features
Book Title
If I Live to Be 100 : Lessons from the Centenarians
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
General
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
13.9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-024709
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
305.26/092/273
Synopsis
If I Live to Be 100 isa remarkable book, beautifully written and elegantly wise, that takes us inside the world of the very old and invites us to learn from them firsthand the art of living well for an exceptionally long period of time. Neenah Ellis always wanted to live to 100, and her fascination led her to interview centenarians from all over the country about what life was like at the very beginning of the century, and how things have changed over time. Ellis, a producer for National Public Radio, spent an unforgettable year traveling with her tape recorder and listening to the stories of America's oldest men and women. She met a couple who courted by horse and sleigh in Vermont during the winter of 1918, and she spent a week with the oldest living black lesbian in America. She visited a nationally known expert on dyslexia who published a book at 96 and whose great-great-grandfather was a colonel in Washington's army; and she met Anna Wilmot, the row-boating centenarian from New England who captured the hearts of thousands of NPR listeners with her confession that she swims in the buff only "when it's foggy and there's no fisherman around." Originally conceived as an American history project, Ellis's year of interviews became much more, a personal journey of growth and transformation. After two decades of acting as the reporter and inquisitor, Ellis finally shifted gears and was able in the process of these conversations to start really listening. Once she had put away the exigencies of her cusp-of-the-millennium life-her deadlines, the intense focus on current events, the endless e-mail and ringing phones -she began to learn the kinds of things that we do from much older people. She started to connect in her conversations with them, and to see the virtue of looking forward, as the centenarians did, not backward. They reminded her that the moment-this very moment that we're in right now-is precious and fine. And that the true richness of life is to be found in each other-in our marriages and friendships, in the intellectual life that we share with each other, and in the ways that we become connected. Their stories add up to a course in living well, with lessons and inspiration for all of us.
LC Classification Number
HQ1060.5.E45 2002
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