Book, Invention of a beautiful old age, A: life projects and the search[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. "In a revised and expanded edition, The invention of a beautiful old age shows that it is possible to grow old with beauty, freedom and happiness. More than thirty years of study on Brazilian women and men have challenged Mirian Goldenberg to seek ways to invent a “beautiful old age.” This new edition, fully revised and updated, is the result of a survey carried out with more than thirty nonagenarians since March 2015, all of them independent, healthy, happy, curious and with many interests and projects. With those surveyed — some became friends —, Mirian learned that old age is beautiful when you learn to intensely savor this phase of life, without trying to freeze your bodies, behaviors and purposes. In each chapter of the book, the anthropologist develops the most important ideas for achievement of a “beautiful old age”: finding a life project, seeking the meaning of existence, valuing freedom, nurturing happiness, cultivating friendship, living intensely in the present, learning to say no, respecting one’s own wills and truths, overcoming fears and lots of laughs. Mirian Goldenberg shows that “beautiful old age” is not a path just for rich and powerful celebrities: anyone can learn to age in a more autonomous, dignified and healthy way. The ideas presented by the men and women interviewed in this book can contribute to changing the view on old age and provoke a reflection on everything that can be done so that Brazilians have the right to grow old and live with more fullness, beauty and happiness. This book is dedicated to everyone interested in building a life plan for a “beautiful old age”: the old people of today and the old people of tomorrow. “The invention of a beautiful old age invites us to think about the fact that old age is inevitable for all of us and that a fuller and happier aging is an achievement of each individual and society as a whole.” - Renato Veras, doctor and director of the Open University for the Third Age. "