I am not yet in my eighties but hope to be one day as I cannot bear to think of the alternative. Many fear this stage of life but Doctor Esty will help readers to anticipate, move through this stage and have a life that can include joy and meaning.

The book’s chapters cover a wide range of topics. A few of these include Dementia, Spirituality and Unexpected Happiness. Readers experience these topics with the benefit of the interviews conducted by the author.

In addition to its audience of eighty somethings this book could also be usefully read by adult children or others who have relationships with those in this age bracket. It will help them to understand its unique place in the life cycle.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions are my own.

This book was helpful. There were conversation starters to have with your elderly family members. The author makes sure the reader understands that elderly is just another phase of life and doesn’t mean that the elderly don’t still have value. I appreciated the sensitive way the author approached the situation. There were helpful tips included.

I picked this title because my mother is in her 80's and I thought she would like reading it. I enjoyed it myself. The chapters are exactly what they say they will be and cover a wide array of topics. The b0ok is helpful too the 80 year old themselves but also friends and families get an insight into an elder person's thought process and rationalizing. The interviews of actual people give the book validation, not what doctors and specialists think you should know. Topics cover not only, children growing older and having an empty nest, grandchildren, death and dementia but many more. I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

I am not 80 something quite yet but I am a planner and this is a must-have book. Such a wealth of information and I learned so much from reading it.
The author really has done the research and interviewed many eightysomethings. Like all the years before, there was no guide book to help you know what it would probably be like. Now there is a book for not only eightysomethings but for family and friends of eightysomethings. This book helps to understand what eightysomethings are going through with their health, loneliness, loss of their independence and so much more.
I believe this is going to be a best seller that so many people are going to be thankful that it was written. More and more people are living longer now and it is scary the challenges they have to face. This book helps take away the scariness and lets you see ways to not only understand what they are going through but ways to help them make it through. I have already told my daughter she will be getting a copy so she will have an understanding of why her father and I are the way we are when we are eightysomethings.
I received an ARC from NetGalley and am so thankful that this book was written. I truly do believe this is a must-have book for so many people. It shines the light on what more and more people will be facing now that we are living longer.