Growing OldFrom the revered author of the bestselling The Hidden Life of Dogs, a witty, engaging, life affirming account of the joy, strength, and wisdom that comes with age. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has spent a lifetime observing the natural world, chronicling the customs of pre contact hunter gatherers and the secret lives of deer and dogs. In this book, the capstone of her long career, Thomas, now eighty eight, turns her keen eye to her own life. The result

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