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  • The Art of Aging

  • A Doctor's Prescription for Well-Being
  • By: Sherwin B. Nuland
  • Narrated by: Sherwin B. Nuland
  • Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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By: Sherwin B. Nuland
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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, he 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 heart and soul, Nuland has created a wise, frank, and inspiring book about the ultimate stage of life's journey.

The onset of aging can be so gradual that we are often surprised to find 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, but the body's energies, leading many to new sources of creativity, perception, and spiritual intensity. Growing old, Nuland teaches us, is not a disease but an art - and for those who practice it well, it can bring extraordinary rewards.

"I'm taking the journey even while I describe it," writes Nuland, now in his mid-70s and a veteran of nearly four decades of medical practice. Drawing on his own 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 does not define identity, the acceptance that some goals will remain unaccomplished - these are among the secrets of those who age well.

Reflecting the wisdom of a long lifetime, The Art of Aging is a work of luminous insight, unflinching candor, and profound compassion.

©2007 Sherwin B. Nuland (P)2007 Random House Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House Inc.
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Truly disappointing

Where Mr Nuland relied on his own depth of knowledge and experience to write “How We Die”, here his book is more a high school level of google research. He relies completely on other books: from Percy Shelley to a Rabbi to Patricia Neal’s autobiography. The book therefore has no soul, no substance. It is a book report of others’ thoughts. Perhaps he was chased by his publishers to write another book. Instead of relying on his own knowledge and experience he chose to take a short cut. His name convinced me to buy this book which was a mistake. What a total waste of time.

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