The ninth decade An octogenarian's chronicle
Book - 2021
"Essays, written and collected over ten years, documenting Carl Klaus' 80s. Topics ranging from aging, food, finances, health, reading, writing, Trump, and social upheavals"--
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- Genres
- Creative nonfiction
- Published
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press
[2021]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 161 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBN
- 9781609387860
- Preface
- Eighty and Before
- Longevity, Leisure, Aging without Aging
- Eighty to Eighty-One
- Health Care, Exercise, Estrangement
- Eighty-One
- Self-Sufficiency, Travel, Aging Lovebirds
- Eighty-One to Eighty-Two
- Illusions, Compulsions, Studious Smiles
- Eighty-Two
- Money, Infirmities, Injury, Forgetfulness
- Eighty-Two to Eighty-Three
- Teaching, Itching, Pondering Oaknoll
- Eighty-Three
- Distractions, "The Walk," a Cautionary Tale
- Eighty-Three to Eighty-Four
- Inattention, Overwork, Recovery
- Eighty-Four
- Decrepitude, Wisdom, Shingles, Downsizing
- Eighty-Four to Eighty-Five
- Resilience, Reunions, Brotherly Loss
- Eighty-Five
- A Superior Vacation, Octogenarian Exemplars
- Eighty-Five to Eighty-Six
- Ups, Downs, Yoga, Heeding a Heat Wave
- Eighty-Six
- Falling and Falling, Pain and Distractions, Body and Mind
- Eighty-Six to Eighty-Seven
- Diet, Euthanasia, Aging Friends
- Eighty-Seven
- Final Wishes, Last Cuz, Having a Life
- Eighty-Seven to Eighty-Eight
- Cancer, Covid, Protests, Cannoli
- Acknowledgments