A Wisdom Of Age: An uplifting and inspiring book about the wisdom of older women, from the bestselling...

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Jacinta Parsons

A Wisdom Of Age

An uplifting and inspiring book about the wisdom of older women, from the bestselling author...

Jacinta Parsons

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English

ABC
04 June 2025

Feminism & feminist theory; Psychology; Psychology of ageing; The self, ego, identity, personality; Maturation & ageing; Coping with old age

An uplifting, inspiring book about the wisdom of older women - and what we can learn from them to rewrite the story of the second half of our lives.

'I want to hear the wisdom from women about where we really live, deep in our hearts ... I want to hear the wisdom about our invisibility, our imaginations, our traumas, our joys, our changing roles, our loves and our death. How do we age in this body so that we can launch full tilt to the sky even as it wrinkles and slows and stiffens and breaks?

It's my intention with this book to work out how to age with the requisite love and rebellion that it surely requires. Hopefully, with the right kind of revolution, we can set the course for generations to come.'

A Wisdom of Age was sparked by the many conversations Jacinta Parsons has had with older women from right around the country about the experience of being a woman and ageing. Over the course of these encounters, it became clear to Jacinta that the conversation about ageing for women is alive and bubbling with a kind of excitement - that is, women are ready to do ageing differently.

In this book, Jacinta talks to the older women who inspire her, the women who are doing this ageing thing right, mining the wisdom direct from those that know how to do it well. Drawing from the experiences of everyday older women from every walk of life, Jacinta reflects on conversations she's been having about the 'wisdoms' of ageing, asking: now that we know what's held us back and who has controlled this narrative, how can we do this better?

A Wisdom of Age captures the brewing tone of revolution that sits in the hearts of middle age and older women who are ready to age differently, to tell a different story about ageing - that is, to tell a story of women's ageing being about reclaiming the fierce girl we have inside us; about an unapologetic taking up of space; about speaking out, about re-finding our confidence and finally, about wisdom.

PRAISE FOR A WISDOM OF AGE

'Oh thank God. A book about ageing that isn't about avoiding it. Full of real wisdom, beautifully expressed.' Holly Wainwright

By: Jacinta Parsons
Imprint: ABC
Country of Publication: Australia
ISBN: 9780733343513
ISBN 10: 0733343511
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 04 June 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Jacinta Parsons is a broadcaster, radio maker, writer, and public speaker. She currently co-hosts The Friday Revue with Brian Nankervis on ABC Melbourne. She has written two books, a memoir, Unseen (Affirm Press 2020) and A Question of Age (Harper Collins/ABC Books 2022). She is a sought after public speaker and facilitator with over 15 years of hosting live events. Jacinta has lived with Crohn's disease for over 20 years and is an ambassador for the Crohn's and Colitis Association and speaks and writes about the impact of living with chronic illness.