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Cargando... If I Live to Be 100: Lessons from the Centenarianspor Neenah Ellis
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This is an interesting book by Neenah Ellis, in which she interviews centenarians for the NPR radio series "One Hundred Years of Stories." Neenah sought to find out more about American history by inquiring what these people witnessed in their lifetimes, but found that the interviews were not turning out as she had at first hoped. She found that the centenarians often seemed to have an agenda of their own, could not stay focused, or did not always want to give up all that they knew. Neenah, in her interviews found herself becoming very attached to some of the centenarians that she interviewed and found herself being almost mesmerized by the interviews. She told of how she interviewed a psychologist on the subject to find out exactly what was happening during these interviews. He gives a very interesting explanation of how our brains tune into or align with the brains of those around us. So what is the secret to living to be one hundred? In the end, there does not seem to be any one specific thing that gave these people the added benefit of living to an old age. But it seems that having a career or hobby that you love and being surrounded by people who you love, could be greatly beneficial. One interview that particularly struck me was the one in which she interviewed a couple who were both centenarians and they had been married for more than eighty years. According to the New England Centenarian Study, "the odds of a married couple both making it to one hundred are six million to one." I think it would be so cool to live that long and witness so many events in our history. I'm only half way there and have so much more to learn. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Neenah Ellis always wanted to live to 100, and her fascination led her to interview centenarians from all over the country about what life was like at the very beginning of the century, and how things have changed over time. Ellis, a producer for National Public Radio, spent an unforgettable year traveling with her tape recorder and listening to the stories of America's oldest men and women. She met a couple who courted by horse and sleigh in Vermont during the winter of 1918, and she spent a week with the oldest living black lesbian in America. She visited a nationally known expert on dyslexia who published a book at 96 and whose great-great-grandfather was a colonel in Washington's army; and she met Anna Wilmot, the row-boating centenarian from New England who captured the hearts of thousands of NPR listeners with her confession that she swims in the buff only "when it's foggy and there's no fisherman around." Originally conceived as an American history project, Ellis's year of interviews became much more, a personal journey of growth and transformation. Once she had put away the exigencies of her cusp-of-the-millennium life-her deadlines, the intense focus on current events, the endless email and ringing phones-she began to learn the kinds of things that we do from much older people. She started to connect in her conversations with them, and to see the virtue of looking forward, as the centenarians did, not backward. They reminded her that the moment-this very moment that we're in right now-is precious and fine. And that the true richness of life is to be found in each other-in our marriages and friendships, in the intellectual life that we share with each other, and in the ways that we become connected. Their stories add up to a course in living well, with lessons and inspiration for all of us. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This book has more to do with the author's process, working through this project and adjusting her strategies and finding the best ways to get to know each person, and thinking about her own life. There are some remarkable people that she gets to talk to, but the "lessons" come from the author's processing of her experiences, rather than nuggets of wisdom spoken by the centenarians. It's interesting, but likely not what you are expecting.
At the end of the audio the NPR shows are included, so it's kind of neat to see what was broadcast after hearing about the actual interactions. ( )