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Jan 23, 2018 happiness is a choice you make is the account of a yearlong conversation between a new york times journalist and six people who are among the oldest old in america. Read happiness is a choice you make lessons from a year among the oldest old by john leland available from rakuten kobo. Happiness is a choice you make ebook by john leland kobo. Newly divorced at 55 and living alone, new york tim es writer john leland felt unmoored as he struggled to come to terms with caring for his elderly mother. An extraordinary look at what it means to grow old and a heartening guide to wellbeing, happiness is a choice you make weaves together the stories and wisdom of six new yorkers who number among the.
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