Winner of the Hopewell Publications’ Eric Hoffer Award for the Health Category.

“In provocative chapters laced with insight and originality, Gullette examines a broad range of subjects from later-life sexuality to dependency, from midlife layoffs to suicide." 

— Alix Kates Shulman, author of To Love What Is: A Marriage Transformed

"Eloquent and infuriating, packed with facts and bristling with ideas, Agewise is essential reading for anyone who is 'aging'—which is to say, everyone." 

— Katha Pollitt, author of The Mind Body Problem: Poems

“Her book is a call to arms for us to wake up to a prejudice that afflicts us all. A must read.”

— Harry R. Moody, Director of Academic Affairs, AARP

"An instant classic. [...] It will utterly transform the way people think about aging and ageism." 

— Paula J. Caplan, author of They Say You’re Crazy: How the World’s Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who’s Normal

"A full-throated analysis of and attack on a pernicious new 'ism.'"

― Harvard Magazine

"A must-read for anyone expecting to grow old in this culture—most of us, one hopes. [...] Gullette coined the term 'age studies,' that is, a critical perspective on the entire life-course, and Agewise demonstrates that she is a master practitioner of the discipline."

― Women's Review of Books

“Gullette has provided a devastating cultural critique. [...] This book is a wake-up call for all of us.” 

― Contemporary Sociology