The Twilight Years
thoughts on old age, death and dying
$26.40
- Paperback
70 pages
- Release Date
14 May 2016
Summary
What is it like to live to a ripe old age? What is it like to have to look after oneself in later life, or to be cared for by others? As life expectancy in the western world continues to grow, and as people manage longer periods of old age, these questions face us on a daily basis. With great honesty yet sensitivity, the author describes, in poetically moving words and phrases, the experiences of an old person at the boundary of life.Shortly after the death of her almost 90-year-old mother, A…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781906999872 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1906999872 |
| Author: | Almut Bockemuhl |
| Publisher: | Temple Lodge Publishing |
| Imprint: | Temple Lodge Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 70 |
| Release Date: | 14 May 2016 |
| Weight: | 106g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm |
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About The Author
Almut Bockemuhl
ALMUT BOCKEMUHL was born in 1933 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany. She studied German literature and biology and, as the mother of four children, made an intensive study of fairy tales and folk tales. She is a freelance writer, lecturer and course leader, and lives in Dornach, Switzerland. She is the author of A Woman’s Path.
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