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What started as a NPR Morning Edition assignment -- to speak to our oldest Americans and compile an oral history of life spanning the 20th century -- became a personal journey of growth and transformation when Ellis realized what these passionate, resilient, spirited seniors had to say about savoring life, staying positive, loving one another, and living in the moment.

Fans of Garrison Keillor and Charles Kuralt will delight in the wonderful characters Ellis discovers: a couple who courted by horse and sleigh in the winter of 1918; a nationally-known expert on dyslexia who published a book at 96; and the 103-year-old skinny-dipper in Massachusetts who confides that she indulges her passion only "when it's foggy and there's no fishermen around." Their stories add up to a course in living well, with lessons and inspiration for all of us.

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