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No-one wants to die young, but nobodywants to get old. Elke Heidenreich, having reached a certain age, has made ither mission to debunk some of our persistent myths about ageing in this wise, wittyand life-affirming book. More than a self-help text, it is a series ofreflections on the author's life and experience as a writer, literary critic,journalist and television presenter: measured and compassionate, and drawing onthe work of philosophers, historians and authors.