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Till the Moon Be No More

The Grit and Grace of Growing Older

Valerie Schultz

Aging is an inescapable part of life, something we celebrate when we are young and intent on achieving all those milestones – 16 and driving! 18 and voting! 21 and drinking! – but that becomes more sobering as the milestones are fewer and perhaps grimmer. This book addresses, from the point of view and personal experience of a 65-year-old baby boomer with a bad hip, how we got here, how we carry on our journey with grace and humor, and where we are going next.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Sheed & Ward
Pages: 176 • Trim: 5¾ x 8¾
978-1-5381-9337-2 • Hardback • October 2024 • $30.00 • (£25.00)
Subjects: Religion / Spirituality, Self-Help / Aging, Religion / Christianity / Catholic

Valerie Schultz is a freelance writer, journalist, columnist for The Bakersfield Californian, and a contributing writer to the Jesuit publication America and the daily prayer book Give Us This Day. Her essays and short stories have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune, as well as in Catholic publications such as US Catholic, Commonweal, Human Development, and The National Catholic Reporter. Her books include Closer: Musings on Intimacy, Marriage, and God (2008), Overdue: A Dewey Decimal System of Grace (2019) and A Hill of Beans: The Grace of Everyday Troubles (2021).

Chapter 1: Aging in the Generations Before Us

Chapter 2: Lessons of Mortality

Chapter 3: Incorrect Adages

Chapter 4: Parallels of Babyhood and Old Age

Chapter 5: The Politics of Aging

Chapter 6: Some Physical and Mental Realities of Aging

Chapter 7: Balancing Outrage and Acceptance

Chapter 8: In Praise of Invisible Women

Chapter 9: Circling to Land

Chapter 10: Generativity and Integrity

Chapter 11: The Stuff We Leave

Chapter 12: The Afterlife

Afterword

Index

About the Author

This is a wonderful book, a book to be savored, and I have urged my friends to buy and read it. At times it feels like a personal journal, and at other times like a deep conversation between good friends. It is full of wisdom on subjects that matter most.


— Richard P. Olson, author of The Grandparent Vocation: Wisdom, Legacies, and Spiritual Growth


Valerie Schultz's gem of a book sets out to answer the question: "What are we going to do with the time we have left?" She shares her personal struggles with us while pointing the way to "go down swinging." Equally wise and funny, this is an upbeat contribution to the growing conscious aging library.


— Carol Orsborn, author of Spiritual Aging: Weekly Reflections for Embracing Life


Valerie Schultz encourages us to embrace the messy, sometimes delightful, sometimes difficult journey that is aging, leaning on a sturdy sense of humor and wise grace as she shares her own challenges and joys.


— Michelle Francl-Donnay, author of Prayer: Biblical Wisdom for Seeking God


  • Offers a wise, compassionate, and humorous take on growing older
  • Inspires readers to confront their fears and anxieties of physical decline and unrealized dreams—to choose generativity and integration over stagnation and despair
  • Provides a boomer-centric viewpoint of life past retirement


Till the Moon Be No More

The Grit and Grace of Growing Older

Cover Image
Hardback
Summary
Summary
  • Aging is an inescapable part of life, something we celebrate when we are young and intent on achieving all those milestones – 16 and driving! 18 and voting! 21 and drinking! – but that becomes more sobering as the milestones are fewer and perhaps grimmer. This book addresses, from the point of view and personal experience of a 65-year-old baby boomer with a bad hip, how we got here, how we carry on our journey with grace and humor, and where we are going next.

Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Sheed & Ward
    Pages: 176 • Trim: 5¾ x 8¾
    978-1-5381-9337-2 • Hardback • October 2024 • $30.00 • (£25.00)
    Subjects: Religion / Spirituality, Self-Help / Aging, Religion / Christianity / Catholic
Author
Author
  • Valerie Schultz is a freelance writer, journalist, columnist for The Bakersfield Californian, and a contributing writer to the Jesuit publication America and the daily prayer book Give Us This Day. Her essays and short stories have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune, as well as in Catholic publications such as US Catholic, Commonweal, Human Development, and The National Catholic Reporter. Her books include Closer: Musings on Intimacy, Marriage, and God (2008), Overdue: A Dewey Decimal System of Grace (2019) and A Hill of Beans: The Grace of Everyday Troubles (2021).

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Aging in the Generations Before Us

    Chapter 2: Lessons of Mortality

    Chapter 3: Incorrect Adages

    Chapter 4: Parallels of Babyhood and Old Age

    Chapter 5: The Politics of Aging

    Chapter 6: Some Physical and Mental Realities of Aging

    Chapter 7: Balancing Outrage and Acceptance

    Chapter 8: In Praise of Invisible Women

    Chapter 9: Circling to Land

    Chapter 10: Generativity and Integrity

    Chapter 11: The Stuff We Leave

    Chapter 12: The Afterlife

    Afterword

    Index

    About the Author

Reviews
Reviews
  • This is a wonderful book, a book to be savored, and I have urged my friends to buy and read it. At times it feels like a personal journal, and at other times like a deep conversation between good friends. It is full of wisdom on subjects that matter most.


    — Richard P. Olson, author of The Grandparent Vocation: Wisdom, Legacies, and Spiritual Growth


    Valerie Schultz's gem of a book sets out to answer the question: "What are we going to do with the time we have left?" She shares her personal struggles with us while pointing the way to "go down swinging." Equally wise and funny, this is an upbeat contribution to the growing conscious aging library.


    — Carol Orsborn, author of Spiritual Aging: Weekly Reflections for Embracing Life


    Valerie Schultz encourages us to embrace the messy, sometimes delightful, sometimes difficult journey that is aging, leaning on a sturdy sense of humor and wise grace as she shares her own challenges and joys.


    — Michelle Francl-Donnay, author of Prayer: Biblical Wisdom for Seeking God


Features
Features
    • Offers a wise, compassionate, and humorous take on growing older
    • Inspires readers to confront their fears and anxieties of physical decline and unrealized dreams—to choose generativity and integration over stagnation and despair
    • Provides a boomer-centric viewpoint of life past retirement


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