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    Secrets of Happiness from the Oldest of the Old

    by Mary Kane, Associate Editor, Kiplinger's Retirement Report Dec 31, 2018 3 minutes

    Many of us worry about what our lives will be like in our final years. But after spending a year following six people ages 85 and older, The New York Times reporter John Leland came to some surprising conclusions about old age and contentment later in life. His work inspired his book, Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons From a Year Among the Oldest Old (Sarah Crichton Books, $16), which comes out in paperback in January.

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