Silver Threads: Critical Reflections on Growing Old

Marshall, Doris

ISBN 10: 091994681X / ISBN 13: 9780919946811

Published by Between the Lines, 1987

About this Item

Very Good paperback (very light edgewear). 134 pp Card wraps. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale.

Seller Inventory # 31464

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Silver Threads: Critical Reflections on Growing Old
• Publisher: Between the Lines
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 091994681X
• ISBN 13: 9780919946811
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Social Science

About this title

Synopsis

In the last half-century, people over sixty-five have become labelled as "seniors" and set apart from the rest of society. Aging has become defined-for the first time in human history-as a problem.
In this incisive, personal account, Doris Marshall argues against isolation and passivity in the face of aging. During her years growing up on a prairie farm, raising her own family, and working as an organizer in church and community programs for old people, Marshall experienced a steadily growing sense of unease about the way Canadian society treats old people. In Silver Threads, she argues against giving in to the notion that old people are passive victims who just need to be helped.

About the Author

An activist and grandmother, Doris Marshall died in 2003. She was 92.