GettingGoodatGettingOlderisabedsidecompanion,aportablebestfriend,andabaedekerofessentialresourcesforanyonesmartenoughtoagemindfullyratherthanjustletithappentothem.-LettyCottinPogrebin,foundingeditorofMs.magazineandauthorofGettingOverGettingOlderWetransformedsocietyinthe60’sand70’s,throughthecivilrightsmovement,theevolutionoffeminism,andthesexualrevolution.Weraisedourvoices,refusedtositdown,andintheprocess,changedthewaytheworldsawyoungpeople.Wearen’tyounganymore.Butwearestillrevolutionary.Weareconfrontingandchallengingassumptionsaboutaging,bylivinglonger,beingmoreactivethanourparentsandgrandparents,andsimplydoingthingsdifferently.Andintheprocess,wearechangingthewaytheworldseesolderpeople.GettingGoodatGettingOlderisatourforallofusofacertainagethroughtheresourcesandskillsweneedtonavigatetheyearsbetweenmaturityandoldage.Itbringshumor,warmth,andmorethan4,000yearsofJewishexperiencetothequestionofhowtoshapethisnewstageoflife.
