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In his landmark book How We Die, Sherwin B. Nuland profoundly altered our perception of the end of life. Now in The Art of Aging, Dr. Nuland steps back to explore the impact of aging on our minds and bodies, strivings and relationships. Melding a scientist’s passion for truth with a humanist’s understanding of the core, Nuland has generated a wise, frank, and inspiring book about the best stage of life’s journey.
The onset of aging can be so gradual that we are often surprised to discover that one day it is fully upon us. The changes to the senses, appearance, reflexes, physical endurance, and sexual appetites are undeniable–and rarely welcome–yet, as Nuland shows, getting older has its surprising blessings. Age concentrates not only the mind, however the body’s energies, leading many to new resources of creativity, perception, and spiritual intensity. Ageing, Nuland teaches us, is not a disease but an art–and for many who practice it well, it can bring extraordinary rewards.
“I’m taking the journey whilst I describe it,” writes Nuland, now in his mid-seventies and a veteran of nearly four decades of medical practice. Drawing by himself life and work, as well as the lives of friends both famous and not, Nuland portrays the astonishing variability of the aging experience. Faith and inner strength, the deepening of personal relationships, the realization that career will not define identity, the acceptance that some goals will remain unaccomplished–these are among the list of secrets of these who age well.
Will scientists one day fulfill the dream of eternal youth? Nuland examines the latest research into extending life and the scientists who are pursuing it. But ultimately, what compels him most is what happens to the mind and spirit as life reaches its culminating decades. Reflecting the wisdom of a long lifetime, The Art of Aging is a work of luminous insight, unflinching candor, and profound compassion.
From the Hardcover edition.
