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Want to learn how you too can be
active and healthy in your old age? Pick up Jeffrey Rosensweig
and Betty Liu’s new book, Age Smart: Discovering the Fountain
of Youth at Midlife and Beyond (Prentice Hall, $24.99), and
find out for yourself how to grow old with grace and vigor.
—Virginia Clement,
Delta Sky Magazine
It’s not about staying young,
but aging well.
Rosensweig and Liu, a finance
professor and a business journalist, respectively, offer a
“holistic approach to aging smart,” just as the Baby Boomer
generation begins to reach retirement age. The authors
artfully combine factual health and financial information with
spiritual and inspirational suggestions (as seen in chapters
like “Practice Optimism” and “Nurturing Your Soul”) to
comprise a comprehensive strategy for getting the most out of
your senior years. Incorporated into the text are the
perspectives of aging experts, including psychologists,
anthropologists and medical scientists. More interesting are
the inspirational stories from successful and famous
people—including Jimmy Carter and longtime Cosmopolitan editor
Helen Gurley Brown—who are still creative, energetic and
productive at age 60, 70, even 80+. Readers will also benefit
from the solid financial advice in the closing chapters, which
include practical information on saving, investing taxes and
more.
Those in their middle and
upper years will appreciate this upbeat guide to aging happily
and healthily.
—Kirkus
Reviews
Aging Smartly - A slew of new advice
books promises secrets to a longer life. Our columnists offer a
rundown of the best tips.
—Article
from Newsweek Health
'New thinking is required' as
longevity soars - 50% chance one of a 65-year-old couple will hit
90.
—Article
from the National Post
“I encourage everyone who reads Age
Smart to look at the examples of individuals who have not only
defied the traditional definition of aging, but embraced a new
definition…one that does not limit our physical and mental abilities
simply by the advancing of years.”
—From the Foreword by Dr. Kenneth H.
Cooper, M.D.
“This is a fun book, with great
examples of how to age the way you want.”
—Henry Lodge, M.D., co-author of the
New York Times Bestseller Younger Next Year
“I read books on aging often but
recommend them seldom. I’m glad to make an exception for Age Smart.
It is exceptional in its range—from body and mind to pocketbook and
soul, and I recommend it highly. The interview quotes from “smart
agers”—former presidents, athletes, business leaders, and others—are
remarkable, instructive, and delightful to read.”
—Robert L. Kahn, Ph.D., author of
Successful Aging and Professor Emeritus of Psychology,
Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan
“This is a wonderful, easy-to-read
book for everyone who wants to create a better future for themselves
and their families. Highly recommended. Buy a copy today and share
it with your friends.”
—Major General Perry Smith, Military
Consultant to CBS TV and CBS Radio News
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