A clear-eyed, honest memoir that finds humor, beauty, and meaning in the realities of aging.
Scoblic’s book traces her move to an assisted living facility, capturing the experience with both heartfelt candor and the discerning eye of a journalist. Following the death of her husband and two devastating falls, Scoblic left her longtime Manhattan home for a new life in Bethesda, Maryland. She braced herself for loneliness, only to discover a place full of sharp wit, occasional drama, and genuine companionship.
She chronicles the hard parts—pain, forgetfulness, the quiet indignities—while never losing sight of the moments that make life sweet. The people she writes about are real and complex, sometimes sharp-edged, sometimes full of grace. In their lives, as in her own, she finds aging to be a mix of endings and unexpected beginnings. Scoblic’s style is clear-eyed yet compassionate. She doesn’t soften the blows of aging, but she doesn’t let them define the whole story. Aging, as she tells it, isn’t a tragedy but a life stage where even the smallest moments can still matter. A meditation on resilience, creativity, and the value of human connection at every stage of life, the book is essential for anyone who has entered the later years—or plans to.
Pub date July 8, 2025
She Writes Press
ISBN 979-8896360223
Price $17.99 (USD) Paperback, $9.99 Kindle edition
