TY - BOOK AU - Lustbader,Wendy TI - Life gets better: the unexpected pleasures of growing older T2 - Thorndike Press large print health, home & learning SN - 1410447391 (hardcover) PY - 2012/// CY - Waterville, Me. PB - Thorndike Press KW - Older people KW - Self-actualization (Psychology) KW - Self-confidence KW - Large type books N1 - Originally published: New York : J.P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2011; Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-334) N2 - From our earliest years, we are told that youth will be the best time of our lives. But for many, Wendy Lustbader asserts, youth is a time riddled with tension, confusion and angst. As we get older, we gain self-knowledge, confidence, and an increasing capacity to be true to ourselves. Through first-person stories and Lustbader's observations, Life Gets Better looks beyond the physical challenges of aging into the discoveries and pleasures of growing older ER -