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    Life Begins at 60
    Frie­da Birnbaum
    Essay

    Get­ting Old Can Kill You

    Rita Lakin brings her 25 years of expe­ri­ence work­ing in tele­vi­sion — the sub­ject of her mem­oir, The Only Woman in the Room: Episodes in My Life and Career as…
    Rita Lakin
    October 19, 2015
    Cover of Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resilience and Spirit
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    Wise Aging: Liv­ing with Joy, Resilience and Spirit
    Rachel Cowan and Linda Thal
    Cover of Jewish Wisdom for Growing Older
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    Jew­ish Wis­dom for Grow­ing Older
    Dayle A. Friedman
    Cover of I've Got Some Good News and Some Bad News: YOU'RE OLD
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    I’ve Got Some Good News and Some Bad News: YOU’RE OLD
    David Bern­stein
    Cover of Lighter As We Go: Virtues, Character Strengths, and Aging
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    Lighter As We Go: Virtues, Char­ac­ter Strengths, and Aging
    Mindy Green­stein
    Interview

    Inter­view: Roz Chast

    by Tah­neer OksmanTah­neer Oks­man spoke to Roz Chast about her recent­ly pub­lished book Can’t We Talk About Some­thing More Pleas­ant.Tah­neer Oks­man: What com­pelled you…
    Tah­neer Oksman
    August 13, 2014
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    Redefin­ing Moments: End of Life Sto­ries for Bet­ter Living
    Cather­ine Zacks Gildenhorn
    Cover of I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories from the Edge of 50
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    I See You Made an Effort: Com­pli­ments, Indig­ni­ties, and Sur­vival Sto­ries from the Edge of 50
    Annabelle Gur­witch
    Cover of Sex After...: Women Share How Intimacy Changes as Life Changes
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    Sex After…: Women Share How Inti­ma­cy Changes as Life Changes
    Iris Kras­now
    Cover of The New Senior Woman:  Reinventing the Years Beyond Mid-Life
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    The New Senior Woman: Rein­vent­ing the Years Beyond Mid-Life
    Thel­ma Reese
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    I’m New at Being Old
    Lucy Rose Fischer
    Essay

    When 50 Hap­pens to Good Peo­ple: Part Two

    Actress, author, and activist Annabelle Gur­witch is the author of two books—You Say Toma­to, I Say Shut Up and Fired!—and the e‑book sin­gle Autumn Leaves (avail­able…
    Annabelle Gur­witch
    May 30, 2013
    Essay

    When 50 Hap­pens to Good Peo­ple: Part One

    Actress, author, and activist Annabelle Gur­witch is the author of two books—You Say Toma­to, I Say Shut Up and Fired!—and the e‑book sin­gle Autumn Leaves (avail­able from…
    Annabelle Gur­witch
    May 28, 2013
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    The Priv­i­lege of Aging
    Patri­cia Got­tlieb Shapiro
    Cover of Getting Good at Getting Older
    Non­fic­tion
    Get­ting Good at Get­ting Older
    Richard Siegel (z'l) and Rabbi Laura Geller
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