This is about the ‘old old’ having a voice. This book gives the young and middle-aged insights into the world of the elderly. It deals with frailty, loss, loneliness and death, but it is far from being gloomy: Hansen is a literary man and he balances lightness and seriousness and this book will have an acute relevance for its older readers.
It was the amazing statistic which got Chris Steele-Perkins' attention. There are 10,000 people aged over 100 in the UK and that number is growing rapidly. This is a moving book showing the increasing number of centenarians and their miraculous ability to survive until the great age of 100.
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