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Author: Hugh J Willard
Publisher: Warren Publishing, Inc
Imprint: Warren Publishing, Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.313kg
ISBN: 9781960146809
ISBN 10: 1960146807
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 14 November 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""Like an intricate, exquisite tapestry, Hugh Willard weaves poetry, stories, advice, and research about our 'Third Age' of life into this beautifully crafted book. As a therapist with a strong interest in helping those who are transitioning/new to retirement, Willard makes the point that 'to live is to choose.' This book will help you choose wisely."" -Jan Cullinane, retirement speaker and best-selling author of The New Retirement (Wiley) and The Single Woman's Guide to Retirement (AARP/Wiley) ""In his book, Finding Beauty in the Gray, Hugh Willard invites the reader on a lovely journey combining stories and poetry, as he explores some of the challenges of the Third Age. As he illustrates throughout his book, 'authentic stories are the connective tissue that binds and reinforces relationships.'"" -Dorian Mintzer, MSW, PH.D., co-author of The Couple's Retirement Puzzle: 10 Must-Have Conversations for Creating an Amazing New Life Together (Sourcebooks) ""Willard is a storyteller with a heart.""-5-star review, Vincent Dublado, Readers' Favorite ""A thoughtful, upbeat, and accessible ... primer on understanding and enjoying middle age.""-Kirkus Reviews ""In moving poetry and prose, Hugh Willard offers an inspiring and highly relatable ode to growing older."" - Sari Botton, author of And You May Find Yourself ... Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen-X Weirdo and editor-in-chief of Oldster Magazine"
Author Information
Hugh Willard is a psychotherapist, singer-songwriter, and author with a career spanning more than thirty years. He has developed and taught courses on exploring identity, meaning, and creativity in the second half of life for numerous Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes, including those at the Universities of Duke, Georgia, and North Carolina State at Asheville.As a companion to this book, Hugh has a podcast series titled Aging Well: Finding Beauty in the Gray. For each episode, he interviews guests who share a variety of stories and expertise relevant to living and loving life in the Third Age.Hugh's published works include a children's chapter book series known as the Goodwill Vulture's Club, a YA novel titled Degotoga, and a novella titled Clive's Crossing.Concurrent with the publishing of this book, Hugh is happily hip-deep in getting his MFA in creative nonfiction at Bay Path University.To learn more about Hugh and his passions, visit www.HughWillard.com.
