Fifty Four Kinds of Loneliness: Oral Records of China's Solitary People
About This Novel
The lonely elderly are a special group. Although they all enjoy the good welfare of the country, they seem to be forgotten by society. It seems that they have never gained a foothold in this society. In fact, every lonely elderly person has a rich life experience, and even because they have vowed to get rid of the fate of being alone, their experience is even richer and more touching. This is the case for the 54 elderly people living alone in this book. Nowadays, they have received careful care from the civil affairs department and live a comfortable and comfortable life. However, their mental status has become a relatively prominent problem. From their oral accounts, we can see that they all have extremely rich life experiences, they all yearn for family life, they are full of family happiness, and they all fought and struggled for a long time after encountering the unfair treatment of fate. However, "loneliness and widowhood" seem to have a certain genetic code, which can always happen in generations. The fate and experiences of these lonely elderly people help us to further understand the causes of loneliness and widowhood, and have extremely valuable reference significance for today's young and middle-aged people. This book is part of the "Investigation Project on the Living Conditions of the Elderly Living Alone" by the Chinese Writers Association and the Hubei Provincial Writers Association. It aims to extract the causes of loneliness through interviews with the elderly living alone in welfare homes and other places, present the current situation of the elderly living alone, and arouse great concern from all walks of life. Today, as aging becomes more and more obvious, the life experiences, current survival and mental state of the elderly living alone are data of great social value.
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