For fans of David Sedaris and Nora Ephron, here is a humorous, irreverent, and poignant look at the gifts, stereotypes, and inevitable challenges of aging, based on the wildly popular New York Times essay from award-winning journalist Steven Petrow.Soon after his 50th birthday, Steven Petrow began assembling a list of “things I won’t do when I get old”—mostly a catalog of all the things he thought his then 70-something year old parents were doing wrong. Th...

**From award-winning Washington Post columnist Steven Petrow, a guide to finding joy even during life’s most difficult timesAN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVER**We all know what it’s like to experience the disappointments and sorrows of life. Unexpected challenges like layoffs, divorce, illness, and the death of a loved one can leave us hurting and isolated. Add to that the unending anxiety we feel at the state of the world—political strife and global uphe...

Soon after his fiftieth birthday, Steven Petrow began assembling a list of "things I won't do when I get old"—mostly a catalog of all the things he thought his then seventy-something-year-old parents were doing wrong. That list became the basis of this rousing collection of do's and don'ts, wills and won'ts that is equal parts hilarious, honest, and practical.The fact is, we don't want to age the way previous generations did. "Old people" hoard. They bore relatives—and strangers al...

老年之路該怎麼走？誰都沒有標準答案。即便恐懼、迷茫，有「愛」作為指引，我們笑著走。本書作者史蒂芬・彼德洛是屢獲殊榮的記者與作家，五十歲生日剛過，他就開始記錄父母年老後犯下的「過錯」，為的是當自己也邁入銀髮階段，能用來提醒自己──做出不同的選擇。為人子女，他當然也躲不過歲月這把「殺豬刀」。作者以犀利又自嘲的筆觸，寫下年歲漸長帶來的種種考驗，幽默又寫實的文筆裡飽含著柔情，揚著嘴角讀完本書，你會在其中找到自己，也會對年老有更深的理解與慈悲！

**From award-winning Washington Post columnist Steven Petrow, a guide to finding joy even during life’s most difficult timesAN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVER**We all know what it’s like to experience the disappointments and sorrows of life. Unexpected challenges like layoffs, divorce, illness, and the death of a loved one can leave us hurting and isolated. Add to that the unending anxiety we feel at the state of the world—political strife and global uphe...