Synopses & Reviews
Now in paperback, the national bestseller on growing old. Tracy Kidder has won the Pulitzer Prize and countless other awards for his bestselling studies of ordinary life. Now he confronts his most important and universal theme in this personal study of old age in America.
Review
"An eloquent account, neither bitter nor saccharine, of daily life in a nursing home....Rich detail and true-to-the-ear dialogue let the brave and determined elderly speak for themselves and for the continually surprising potential of the human spirit." Kirkus Reviews