60 On Up The Truth about Aging in the Twenty-first Century

by RUBIN, LILLIAN

• ISBN13: 9780807029299
• ISBN10: 0807029297
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780807029305
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-01
• Publisher: Beacon Press
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Summary

A penetrating look at the profound changes that come with the new longevity, for those living it now and the boomers behind them The "golden years" can be anything but. With refreshing candor, best-selling author Dr. Lillian Rubin digs down under the statistics about our graying population and offers a provocative and unflinching examination of all the burning issues that mark aging today. Tackling the subject over a broad swath of the population, cutting across race, class, gender, and physical and cognitive ability, Rubin delivers a powerful and long-overdue reminder that everyone will be touched by the problems arising from our new longevity. "A sharp, brazenly honest expose for the 78 million baby boomers who will grow old over the next two decades and can reasonably expect to survive into their 90s." -Cathleen Medwick, O Magazine "Once upon a time we had rites of passage to ease our way from adulthood into old age. Now we have Lillian Rubin. 60 on Up is everything most books on aging are not . . . A wonderful book, filled with the poignant beauty of all transient life." -Sam Keen, author of Fire in the Belly "What does it mean that Americans now want to retire early, but typically live into their 90s? Psychotherapist Lillian B. Rubin, whose best-selling book about marriage was Intimate Strangers, . . . [is] a very good writer [who] explores the good news/bad news about greater longevity of today's Americans." -David Mehegan, Boston Globe "With honesty, compassion and a large measure of wit and wisdom . . . Rubin describes in full the world of the elderly in America . . . Revealing and thought-provoking, this book makes a fine, thorough primer for middle-aged adults preparing for 'this business of getting old.'" -Publishers Weekly "For anyone in their fifties, sixties, or beyond, a new way to think about the rest of your life." -Alix Kates Shulman

Author Biography

Dr. Lillian B. Rubin, a sociologist and psychotherapist, is the author of twelve books, including The Man with the Beautiful Voice, Tangled Lives, Worlds of Pain, Intimate Strangers, and Just Friends

Table of Contents

Through the Looking Glass	p. 1
Out of the Closet	p. 7
Staying Younger While Getting Older	p. 19
Does Age Count Anymore?	p. 29
The Marriage of Self and Society	p. 43
The Golden Years? They've Gotta Be Kidding!	p. 51
... And Now About Sex	p. 71
The Shrinking Ties That Bind	p. 85
Hey Folks, You're Spending My Inheritance	p. 99
Taking Care of Mom and Dad	p. 111
Oh My God, We're Old!	p. 133
It's Better Than the Alternative, Isn't It?	p. 147
One Last Word	p. 165
Acknowledgments	p. 173
Notes	p. 175
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