If I Live to Be 100

Lessons from the Centenarians

Neenah Ellis

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Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House Inc
02 July 2019

Biography: general

Now with a new package, Neenah Ellis's New York Times bestselling book takes us inside the world of the very old and invites us to learn from them firsthand the art of living well for an exceptionally long period of time.

A beautifully written and elegantly wise book that takes us inside the world of centenarians and invites us to learn from them firsthand the art of living well for an exceptionally long period of time.

Neenah

Ellis always wanted to live to 100, and her fascination led her to interview centenarians

from all over the US about what life was like at the very beginning of the century,

and how things have changed over time. Ellis, a producer for National Public Radio,

spent an unforgettable year traveling with her tape recorder and listening to the

stories of America's oldest men and women. She met a couple who courted by horse

and sleigh in Vermont during the winter of 1918, and she spent a week with the oldest

living black lesbian in America. She visited a nationally known expert on dyslexia

who published a book at 96 and whose great-great-grandfather was a colonel in Washington's

army; and she met Anna Wilmot, the row-boating centenarian from New England who captured

the hearts of thousands of NPR listeners with her confession that she swims in the

buff only ""when it's foggy and there's no fisherman around.""

Originally conceived

as an American history project, Ellis's year of interviews became much more, a personal

journey of growth and transformation. After two decades of acting as the reporter

and inquisitor, Ellis finally shifted gears and was able in the process of these

conversations to start really listening. Once she had put away the exigencies of

her cusp-of-the-millennium life-her deadlines, the intense focus on current events,

the endless e-mail and ringing phones-she began to learn the kinds of things that

we do from much older people. She started to connect in her conversations with them,

and to see the virtue of looking forward, as the centenarians did, not backward.

They reminded her that the moment-this very moment that we're in right now-is precious

and fine. And that the true richness of life is to be found in each other-in our

marriages and friendships, in the intellectual life that we share with each other,

and in the ways that we become connected. Their stories add up to a course in living

well, with lessons and inspiration for all of us.

By: Neenah Ellis
Imprint: Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 181mm, Width: 127mm,
ISBN: 9781984823502
ISBN 10: 1984823507
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 02 July 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

NEENAH ELLIS, formerly a staff producer for NPR'sAll Things Considered, is the general manager of public radio station WYSO in Yellow Springs Ohio, where she lives with her husband, Noah Adams.

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If I Live to Be 100

Lessons from the Centenarians

Neenah Ellis

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