{"product_id":"losing-it-william-ian-miller-9780300188233","title":"Losing It: In Which an Aging Professor Laments His Shrinking Brain, Which He Flatters Himself Formerly Did Him Noble Service","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Anatomy of Disgust, \u003c\/i\u003e a wickedly funny, effortlessly erudite essay on the horrors of old age, past and present\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLosing It, \u003c\/i\u003e William Ian Miller brings his inimitable wit and learning to the subject of growing old: \u003ci\u003etoo old to matter, of either rightly losing your confidence or wrongly maintaining it, culpably refusing to face the fact that you are losing it.\u003c\/i\u003e The \"it\" in Miller's \"losing it\" refers mainly to mental faculties--memory, processing speed, sensory acuity, the capacity to focus. But it includes other evidence as well--sags and flaccidities, aches and pains, failing joints and organs. What are we to make of these tell-tale signs? Does growing old gracefully mean more than simply refusing unseemly cosmetic surgeries? How do we face decline and the final drawing of the blinds? Will we know if and when we have lingered too long?\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a lifetime of deep study and anxious observation, Miller enlists the wisdom of the ancients to confront these vexed questions head on. Debunking the glossy new image of old age that has accompanied the graying of the Baby Boomers, he conjures a lost world of aging rituals--complaints, taking to bed, resentments of one's heirs, schemes for taking it with you or settling up accounts and scores--to remind us of the ongoing dilemmas of old age. Darkly intelligent and sublimely written, this exhilarating and eccentric book will raise the spirits of readers, young and old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Ian Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300188234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300188233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d","brand":"William Ian Miller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913601057023,"sku":"9780300188233","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_69f44584-bdc6-4877-bf7d-3e854f6ef0d9.jpg?v=1680621296","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/losing-it-william-ian-miller-9780300188233","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}