TY - BOOK AU - Fitzgerald,Ross AU - Moor,Lyndal ED - Australian Broadcasting Corporation. TI - Growing old (dis)gracefully: 35 Australians reflect on life over 50 SN - 9780733322679 (pbk.) U1 - 305.260994 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Sydney PB - ABC Books KW - Aging KW - Psychological aspects KW - Popular works KW - Old age KW - Humor KW - Social aspects KW - Australia N2 - COPING WITH OLD AGE. AUSTRALIAN. It's going to happen to us all eventually and how we cope with it may, in the end, define us. For some growing old is a spiritual experience, for others there's nothing transcendental at all about the experience. Some rage against ageing while others have a good laugh at their own expense.Contributors to Growing Old (Dis)gracefully share their experiences, hopes and fears, insights and otherwise on life on the other side of fifty.The contributors include Peter and Heather Beattie; Robyn Williams; Robbie Swan; Ian McFadyen; Geraldine Doogue; Wayne Swan; Susan Kurosawa; Bill Leak; Jim McElroy; Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton and many more ER -