Barbara Hoffbeck Scoblic

About The Author

Barbara Hoffbeck Scoblic found her lifelong themes in rural South Dakota, where she grew up on a small farm, the youngest of seven children. From earliest childhood, she was alert to the beauties and vagaries of the natural world; she also, however, grappled with a growing impatience to see what was beyond the farm. As a young woman, her drive to break free took her first to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand, then travels throughout Asia, the Middle East, and Greece. Back in the States, she described her experiences in a series for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Her first memoir, Lost Without the River, was published by She Writes Press many years later, in 2019. A longtime resident of Manhattan, Scoblic now lives in a senior independent living facility in Bethesda, Maryland. 

Books by Barbara Hoffbeck Scoblic

How to Age Gracefully

Essays About the Art of Living

For readers curious about life in assisted living facilities comes a collection of essays that break stereotypes and distill vital lessons from people in later life.
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