Life expectancy is increasing and the average age of the European population is constantly increasing. The third age concerns us more and more every day. Monique de Hadjetlaché makes the following observation:
We know old people who are isolated, suffering, some are in a kind of decline. But we also know elderly people whose withered faces reflect the love and peace that inhabit them, with whom it is good to stop. A 90-year-old lady told me with emotion how her grandson, a teenager, had turned around at the bottom of the stairs to say to her: "How beautiful you are, my grandmother!"
She was completely overwhelmed by this declaration of love. No, old age is not necessarily a decline! Is it the result of chance or are there reasons for these different lives, is there a way of approaching old age that makes it a path, not always easy, but which is full of riches? Monique de Hadjetlaché, now retired, worked as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst for forty years. Through the stories of people she has supported and the reflections drawn from her experience, she offers ways for everyone to better understand old age. She invites us to take on the different ages of life and to take full advantage of relationships between generations at all stages. She also shows how the Christian faith can help us face change.
A book about old age… to read as early in life as possible!
ISBN: 9782863143698