The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind By Barbara Strauch

Barbara Strauch, health and medical science editor at The New York Times, has written the feel-good book for fifty-somethings everywhere. Starting off with familiar anecdotes about losing one's car, car keys, forgetting names and even what we ate for lunch, Strauch explains it all away and assures us that our brains are merely full of much more important stuff than the brains of our younger counterparts. Not only that, but we also learn that the hard wiring of older brains change, actually for the better, offering us a greater and deeper understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Did I ever need this book!

Hardcover, 256 pages

(Posted for Ann Roberts by Annie)