love in the time of incontinence – why young people don't have the monopoly on love, or even sex

  • Written by: Carol Lefevre, Visiting Research Fellow, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Adelaide
love in the time of incontinence – why young people don't have the monopoly on love, or even sexJulie Christie and Gordon Pinsent in Away from Her (2006), based on Alice Munro's short story, The Bear Came Over the Mountain.IMDB

A friend with a close relative in a residential aged care home reports – in a tone of scandalised surprise – on romantic entanglements among the elderly.

In one case, a man and woman have become so...

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