Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life from the Landmark Harvard Study of Adult Development

"An outstanding contribution to the study of aging" from a psychiatrist and professor at Harvard Medical School (Publishers Weekly).

In an unprecedented series of studies, Harvard Medical School has followed 824 subjects—men and women, some rich, some poor—from their teens to old age. Harvard's George Vaillant now uses these studies—the most complete ever done anywhere in the world—and the subjects' individual histories to illustrate the factors involved in reaching a happy, healthy old age...