Growing Old in El Barrio Jenna Mancini Rufo and tend the garden

and tend the garden

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flying day and night

when women and men are transformed in spirit

not previously published in any English

Growing Old in El Barrio Jenna Mancini Rufo and tend the gardenWhat is daily life like for an elderly person whose income barely covers basic needs? How is life constrained if that person is living within the same marginal enclave to which she first migrated decades ago? How does the implementation of national policies and programs affect the daily life of those growing old in Spanish Harlem? In Growing Old in El Barrio, Judith Freidenberg addresses these questions by examining the life course and daily