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Anthropologist Myerhoff's penetrating exploration of the aging process is brilliant sociology--as well as living history--that tells readers about the importance of ritual, the agonies of aging, and the indomitable human spirit. "(The book) shines with the luminous wit of old age".--Robert Bly.Barbara Myerhoff is the author of 'Number Our Days: Culture and Community Among Elderly Jews in an American Ghetto', published 1994 under ISBN 9780452011229 and ISBN 0452011221.
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