Getting A Life: Older People Talking
Author:   Michael (Ed.by) Simmons
Publisher:   ISIS Publishing
Edition:   Large type / large print edition
ISBN:  

9780753156278


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 May 2002
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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Getting A Life: Older People Talking


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With around 16 per cent of the current UK population now over sixty years of age, it is vital to have a voice. Here, a cross-section of older people, including Denis Healey, Barbara Castle, Claire Rayner and Peter Preston, discuss what it means to grow old in computer-age Britain. From their own experiences, they address issues such as making ends meet, maintaining precious independence, coping with widowhood, with sex, with sociability and how to get away from it all or start again. Each contributor is over sixty and far from the sweet old thing asking for a seat on the bus: in many cases they are demanding a turn in the driving seat...

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Author:   Michael (Ed.by) Simmons
Publisher:   ISIS Publishing
Imprint:   ISIS Large Print Books
Edition:   Large type / large print edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9780753156278


ISBN 10:   075315627
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 May 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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