Individuals: Elizabeth McRae -- Elizabeth Smither -- Hamish Keith -- Bob Harvey -- Michael Corballis -- Fleur Adcock -- Brian Edwards -- Marti Friedlander -- Mervyn Cull -- Elric Hooper -- T.L. Rodney Wilson -- Gordon McLauchlan -- Erik Olssen -- Fiona Kidman -- John Coley -- Marilyn Duckworth -- Rodney Walshe -- Robin Charteris -- Bernard Brown -- Ranginui Walker -- Kate Harcourt -- Marcia Russell -- Max Cryer -- Bruce Slane -- Tessa Duder -- Rhys Jones -- Wilson Whineray -- Pat Harrison -- Barry Brickell -- Merwyn Norrish -- Margaret Bedggood -- Raymond Columbus. Elizabeth McRae -- Elizabeth Smither -- Hamish Keith -- Bob Harvey -- Michael Corballis -- Fleur Adcock -- Brian Edwards -- Marti Friedlander -- Mervyn Cull -- Elric Hooper -- T L Rodney Wilson -- Gordon McLauchlan -- Erik Olssen -- Fiona Kidman -- John Coley -- Marilyn Duckworth -- Rodney Walshe -- Robin Charteris -- Bernard Brown -- Ranginui Walker -- Kate Harcourt -- Marcia Russell -- Max Cryer -- Bruce Slane -- Tessa Duder -- Rhys Jones -- Wilson Whineray -- Pat Harrison -- Barry Brickell -- Merwyn Norrish -- Margaret Bedggood -- Raymond Columbus.
Summary:
The late baby boomers are starting to reflect on ways to grow old well, and these 32 affecting pieces by prominent New Zealanders over the age of 65 serve as extremely strong pieces of autobiography, as inspiration and as meditation. No zimmerframes and retirement homes for this lot. The contributors, who include Elizabeth McRae, Wilson Whineray, Ranginui Walker, Brian Edwards, Hamish Keith, Elizabeth Smither, Barry Brickell, Michael Corballis and Sir Bruce Slane, continue to make a vital contribution to our nation. Editor Gordon McLauchlan encouraged them to be frank and self revealing. Their essays read like letters for their eventual descendants: on how they saw the world and themselves when young, on the issues around growing old, on how they see the future, and on the wisdom they've picked up along the way. It's a compelling, essential collection.
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