{"product_id":"aging-out-an-exploration-of-caregiving-community-and-how-americans-grow-old-lucy-schiller-hardcover","title":"Aging Out: An Exploration of Caregiving, Community, and How Americans Grow Old -- Lucy Schiller, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deeply personal investigation into the current state of eldercare and what it means to grow old in America\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnlike many other cultures, our collective stance toward older people in the United States has long been one of casual avoidance and neglect. This attitude became brutally clear during the height of the COVID pandemic, when too many people saw elderly deaths not as tragedies but as foregone conclusions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike many of us, Lucy Schiller experienced this callousness firsthand when her grandmother passed away during the pandemic. In the wake of this trauma, propelled by equal parts grief and curiosity about her own fear of aging, Schiller embarked on an investigative journey to understand why the prospect of aging is so frightening and how being \"old\" in America intersects with class, race, disability, and public policy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom profit-driven networks of care facilities to systemic failures in economic support, the future of older Americans looks increasingly uncertain. In\u003ci\u003e Aging Out\u003c\/i\u003e, Schiller reports this crisis, sharing the human toll of inadequate housing, health care, and community, while simultaneously excavating her own complicated relationship with aging. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining the incisive reporting of \u003ci\u003eEvicted \u003c\/i\u003ewith the beautifully rendered introspection of \u003ci\u003eThe Empathy Exams\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Aging Out\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate and unflinching exploration of what it means to age in this country and why Americans--including Schiller herself--are so terrified of getting old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucy Schiller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Flatiron Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250344526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026 pg. 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy Schiller\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and assistant professor of nonfiction at Texas Tech University, where she also directs the documentary lab Studio E. She earned her MFA in nonfiction writing from the University of Iowa in 2018, and she has previously served as the Provost's Visiting Writer in nonfiction at Iowa and the Olive B. O'Connor fellow in nonfiction at Colgate University. Her work has been published in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eIowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eColumbia Journalism Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lucy Schiller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49495068147940,"sku":"9781250344526","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781250344526.jpg?v=1784880250","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/aging-out-an-exploration-of-caregiving-community-and-how-americans-grow-old-lucy-schiller-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}