The Big Move

Margaret Morganroth Gullette (co-author). The Big Move. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 2016.

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When her husband's ill health forces them to move into an assisted living facility, Anne M. Wyatt-Brown suddenly finds herself surrounded by elderly residents. In this lively and provocative collection, other distinguished gerontologists reflect on Anne's moving account of her transition to becoming a member of a vibrant and sociable community that offers care-giving support, while encouraging her to pursue her own interests, including exercising, reviewing articles for scholarly journals, serving on committees, and singing.

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"The Big Move is a fascinating attempt to marry personal experience with academic analysis to help us all reconceive of one option for later-life living."

— Huffington Post

"This book gives the perspective that is so often missing. It's a story not often told and too often dreaded. It tackles the broader social issue of how to age well and treat elders well on an irresistibly human scale."

— Sally Chivers, Professor of English Literature, Trent University

"We have very few accounts of gerontologists who have grown old, and never before a memoir by a gerontologist who moved into a long-term care facility. This book is not only a first, but is a remarkable and riveting account of challenges all of us must contemplate. [...] Highly recommended."

— Rick Moody, retired Vice President for Academic Affairs, AARP

"This collection is an important contribution to scholarship."

— Amanda Peeples, Senior Research Associate, Center for Aging Studies

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