Reading Life: Elke Heidenreich writes very personally about a topic that affects us all. An honest book about aging that inspires courage.

Everyone wants to grow old, but no one wants to be old. The contradiction is absurd, but the suffering from it is real. How do we learn to cope with it as well as possible? Is it possible to grow old and lead a fulfilling life? Elke Heidenreich has reflected on aging. The result is a book that only she could write. Personal, honest, yet never ruthless, in a word: wise about life. She reflects on her own life, which primarily means contemplating her relationships with others. In old age, one bears the consequences of everything one has done. But with it comes serenity, and one realizes: "Most things are completely unimportant. One should simply breathe and be grateful.".