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Now in paperback, the national bestseller on growing old. Tracy Kidder has won the Pulitzer Prize and countless other awards for his bestselling studies of ordinary life. Now he confronts his most important and universal theme in this personal study of old age in America.

Now in paperback, the national bestseller on growing old. Tracy Kidder has won the Pulitzer Prize and countless other awards for his bestselling studies of ordinary life. Now he confronts his most important and universal theme in this personal study of old age in America. "Touching,... Read Full Overview

A Pulitzer Prize-winning author's "touching, funny and inspiring" true story of daily life in a New England nursing home (The New York Times).

Ninety-year-old Lou quit school after the eighth grade, worked for the rest of his life, and stayed with the... Read Full Overview