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Published by Touchstone, 1980
ISBN 10: 0671254308ISBN 13: 9780671254308
Seller: Orion Tech, Kingwood, TX, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Good.
Published by NY:Dutton, 1979
Seller: Ethnographics, Georgetown, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1stedn; small 8vo yellow boards, black cloth spine, gilt titles to spine, UNREAD AND GIFTWORTHY: xiii+306pp, index. A sheet of letterhead of USC anthropology dept laid in; New York Times Book Review: Professor Myerhoff is that rarity, a social scientist who writes with a novelist's eye and ear. She teaches us more about "the proper way to live" than all the self-help books combined./ Los Angles Times Book Review An invigorating celebration of courage and stamina.a rich tapestry of love, sorrow, and rituals remembered and continued. /When noted anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff received a grant to explore the process of aging, she decided to study some elderly Jews from Venice, California, rather than to report on a more exotic people. The story of the rituals and lives of these remarkable old people is, as Bel Kaufman said, 'one of those rare books that leave the reader somehow changed.'Here Dr. Myerhoff records the stories of a culture that seems to give people the strength to face enormous daily problems -- poverty, neglect, loneliness, poor health, inadequate housing and physical danger. The tale is a poignant one, funny and often wise, with implications for all of us about the importance of ritual, the agonies of aging, and the indomitable human spirit.