Synopses & Reviews
Helen M. Luke, who has written perceptively about myth and symbol, offers potent insights into a phase of life that has not been fully incorporated into our understanding of the inner journey. In examining some of the great masterpieces of literature produced by writers at the end of their lives, Luke elucidates the need to grow emotionally and mentally with age, while avoiding the fall into despair that is the greatest danger in this stage of life's unfolding.