The Aging in the Gorge Alliance is getting ready to distribute 400 free copies of a book on aging in America to spark discussions about the topic throughout the Gorge. The alliance’s Tina Castanares says the book is “The Age of Dignity: Meeting the Challenge of the Elder Boom in an Aging America” by MacArthur Fellow Ai-Jen Poo. The books will be distributed at libraries in Hood River, White Salmon, The Dalles, Stevenson, and Mosier. Book discussions will then be planned throughout the area, with the biggest October 22 at 1:30 p.m. on the Indian Creek campus of Columbia Gorge Community College in Hood River. The books will start to be distributed in two weeks.