Dignity & Grace of AGEING: Two Riveting Novels Celebrating the Journey of Ageing

Synopsis 

Dignity & Grace of Ageing celebrates the journey of ageing with two captivating novels, "The Forgotten River" and "Listening to Letter from America". In "The Forgotten River", and old schoolteacher with Alzheimer's disease struggles with his failing memory to tell the moving story of a river. "Listening to Letter from America" is about a group of elderly people who shares their World War II experiences after having been inspired by the BBC programme, Letter from America - thus begins the psychological healing and restoration of their self-esteem.

ISBN: 978-981-4138-86-4

Size: 200 by 130 mm (closed)

No. of Pages: 264

Year Published: 2007

About the Author

Kua Ee Heok is a Professor and Senior Consultant Psychiatrist at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He heads the Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore, and was also  the CEO and Medical Director, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore from 2000-2002. He graduated as a doctor from the University of Malaya in 1973 and had postgraduate training in psychiatry at Oxford University, England, and Harvard University, USA. He has written numerous scientific publications on ageing, schizophrenia and alcoholism.