The Big Move: Life Between the Turning Points

118 Pages·2016·2.67 MB·English

by  Anne M. Wyatt-Brown, Ruth Ray Karpen, Helen Q. Kivnick

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Anne M. Wyatt-Brown,
Ruth Ray Karpen, and
Helen Q. Kivnick
WITH AN AFTER WORD BY
Margaret Morganroth Gullette

INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Bloomington & Indianapolis
This book is a publication of Library of Congress
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Indiana University Press
Office of Scholarly Publishing Names: Wyatt-Brown, Anne M., 1939–
Herman B Wells Library 350 author. | Ray, Ruth E., 1954– author.
1320 East 10th Street | Kivnick, Helen Q., author.
Bloomington, Indiana 47405 USA Title: The big move : life between the
turning points / by Anne M. Wyatt-
iupress.indiana.edu Brown, Ruth Ray Karpen, and Helen
Q. Kivnick ; with an afterword by
© 2016 by Ruth Ray Karpen, Margaret Morganroth Gullette.
Margaret Gullette, Helen Kivnick , Description: Bloomington : Indiana
and Anne M. Wyatt-Brown University Press, [2016] | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
No part of this book may be reproduced Identifiers: LCCN 2015036115| ISBN
or utilized in any form or by any means, 9780253020642 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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system, without permission in writing Maryland. | Retirement
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Resolution on Permissions constitutes conditions. | Older people—Care—
the only exception to this prohibition. Maryland. | Caregivers—Maryland.
| Life change events—Maryland.
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Contents
Introduction
Home Places
Ruth Ray Karpen
1
one
A Wife’s Life, a Humanist’s Journey, 2010–2012
Anne M. Wyatt-Brown
9
two
Coming to Care
Ruth Ray Karpen
27
three
Lifelong Strengths Ground Later-Life Wisdom
Helen Q. Kivnick
41
Afterword
Making Oneself at Home
Margaret Morganroth Gullette
57
Epilogue
Still on the Journey, 2012–2015
Anne M. Wyatt-Brown
69
Annotated Bibliography of Further Reading
Fiction
Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Mostly Nonfiction
Helen Q. Kivnick, Ruth Ray Karpen, and Anne M. Wyatt-Brown
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INTRODUCTION