{"product_id":"the-virtues-of-aging-9780345425928","title":"The Virtues of Aging","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"As we've grown older, the results have been surprisingly good,\" writes former president Jimmy Carter in this wise, deeply personal meditation on the new experiences that come to us with age. Now in his seventies, President Carter has never enjoyed more prestige or influence on the world stage, nor has he ever felt more profound happiness with himself, with his accomplishments, and with his beloved wife, Rosalynn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn The Virtues of Aging, Jimmy Carter shares the knowledge and the pleasures that age have brought him. Blending memoir, anecdote, political savvy, and practical advice, this book truly illuminates the rich promises of growing older.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe approach to old age was not an easy one for President Carter. At fifty-six, having lost a presidential election, he found himself involuntarily retired from a job he loved and facing a large debt on his farm and warehouse business. President Carter writes movingly here of how he and Rosalynn overcame their despair and disappointment as together they met the challenges ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere too are fascinating sketches of world leaders, Nobel laureates, and great thinkers President Carter has been privileged to know - and the valuable lessons on aging he learned from them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43012279631949,"sku":"CDF-Ballantine Books-8.7-9780345425928","price":31.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/0131\/3357\/files\/content_7d8e9183-f2c0-496a-bc18-77a924b57178.jpg?v=1779225076","url":"https:\/\/theturningpageco.com\/products\/the-virtues-of-aging-9780345425928","provider":"The Turning Page Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}