The Measure of My Days: One Woman's Vivid, Enduring Celebration of Life and Aging

Playwright and Jungian analyst Florida Scott-Maxwell explores the unique predicament of one's later years: when one feels both cut off from the past and out of step with the present; when the body rebels at activity but the mind becomes more passionate than ever. Written when Maxwell was in her eighties, The Measure of My Days offers a panoramic vision of the issues that haunt us throughout our lives: the struggle to achieve goodness; how to maintain individuality in a mass society; and how to emerge--out of suffering, loss, and limitation--with something approaching wisdom. Maxwell's incredible wisdom, humanity, and dignity make The Measure of My Days both timeless and timely--an important contribution to the literature of aging, and of living.

Author: Florida Scott-Maxwell
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 04/26/1979
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 7.77h x 5.10w x 0.41d
ISBN13: 9780140051643
ISBN10: 0140051643
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Biography & Autobiography | Social Scientists & Psychologists

About the Author
Florida Pier Scott-Maxwell (1883-1979) was a writer, playwright, and suffragist who took up a career in analytical psychology in 1933, studying under Carl Jung in both Scotland and England.