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Aging, Elders and Grey Power -

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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 7 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life by Sharon Blackie
    Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life - by Sharon Blackie

    £10.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781914613319 | ISBN 10: 1914613317

    A radical rewriting of the future for all women approaching their mid and elder years.  ‘There can be a perverse pleasure, as well as a sense of rightness and beauty, in insisting on flowering just when the world expects you to become quiet and ... more

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  • Cover image of book Warning: When I Am an Old Woman, I Shall Wear Purple by Jenny Joseph, illustrated by Lydia Coventry
    Warning: When I Am an Old Woman, I Shall Wear Purple - by Jenny Joseph, illustrated by Lydia Coventry

    £6.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781788168182 | ISBN 10: 1788168186

    Voted Britain's favourite poem, 'Warning', written in 1961, is known and loved the world over for its message of old age as a time for indulgence and fun.   In the poem's respectable middle-aged woman, as she imagines herself in old age as a chee ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Gran Tour: Travels With My Elders by Ben Aitken
    The Gran Tour: Travels With My Elders - by Ben Aitken

    £9.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781785787041 | ISBN 10: 1785787047

    FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ACCLAIMED A CHIP SHOP IN POZNAN.   One millennial, six coach trips, one big generation gap. When Ben Aitken learnt that his gran had enjoyed a four-night holiday including four three-course dinners, four cooked breakfasts, ... more

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  • Cover image of book How to Age by Anne Karpf
    How to Age - by Anne Karpf

    £7.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780230767751 | ISBN 10: 0230767753

    Society has a deep fear of ageing. Old age is increasingly viewed as a biomedical problem, something to be avoided at all costs and then vanished away by medicine. Anne Karpf urges us to change our narrative. Exploring how our outlook on ageing is hi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Not Dead Yet: A Manifesto for Old Age by Julia Neuberger
    Not Dead Yet: A Manifesto for Old Age - by Julia Neuberger

    £12.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780007226474 | ISBN 10: 0007226470

    Why we need to be better at ageing...  Julia Neuberger asks why we allow our older relatives to be treated so appallingly and in her 10-point manifesto demands that we change our attitudes and behaviour towards ageing. Parachuting into fields, run ... more

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  • Cover image of book Age Matters: Re-Aligning Feminist Thinking by Toni M Calasanti & Kathleen F Slevin (editors)
    Age Matters: Re-Aligning Feminist Thinking - by Toni M Calasanti & Kathleen F Slevin (editors)

    £39.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780415952248 | ISBN 10: 0415952247

    This volume of original chapters is designed to bring attention to a neglected area of feminist scholarship - aging. After several decades of feminist studies we are now well informed of the complex ways that gender shapes the lives of women and men. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Grandmother
    Grandmother's Feng Shui Wisdom - by Chantal Monte

    £10.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781578633739 | ISBN 10: 1578633737

    Grandmother's Feng Shui Wisdom is an exquisite reminder of what's really important in this life, not least of which grandmothers themselves...  This lovely little book, a primer in balanced living and a tribute to tradition, offers insight into ... more

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