Author : Wallace Peters
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1622121724
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (221 download)
Book Synopsis Four Passions by : Wallace Peters
Download or read book Four Passions written by Wallace Peters and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Wallace Peters is a renowned medical scientist in his 80s whose main interest is tropical medicine. In 2007, he and his Swiss wife, Ruth, moved into a peaceful retirement village in the English countryside. Nine months later Ruth succumbed to cancer. After Ruth's death, Wallace came to learn that the 200 residents in the community had a wide range of backgrounds. He realized that many of them, irrespective of their former careers, struggled to find a direction in their lives. Some, learning of the author's own career, asked to hear more. Hoping to restore their interest in their own existences, Wallace set out to describe his and Ruth's experience of their own lives post-retirement and their positive lifestyle. Four Passions: Conversations with Myself is a frank account, describing the psychological pitfalls that many couples encounter after one or both are obliged to "retire." In today's world, an ever-increasing number of us will face an unprecedentedly long period of seniority. This story offers an optimistic perspective on the pleasures of "old age."