Synopses & Reviews
In To Live in the Center of the Moment, Barbara Frey Waxmanexamines the emergence of the evocative literature of aging and demonstrates howthese autobiographies challenge negative cultural associations of old age. Waxmanhas selected narratives that focus not on the broad sweep of a person's life but onthe period when aging becomes central to the subject's definition of self. Theauthor shows how assessing these literary autobiographies has changed herperceptions and helped her come to terms with impending old age.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-181) and index.