Inventing the Rest of Our Lives Women in Second Adulthood

Name: Inventing the Rest of Our Lives Women in Second Adulthood
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ISBN: 9780452287211

ISBN-10: 0452287219

ISBN-13: 9780452287211

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Authors: Suzanne Braun Levine

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The first editor of Ms.magazine helps women address the three crucial questions of second adulthood: What matters? What works? Whats next? New brain research is proving it: Women at midlife really do start to see the world differently. Some 37 million women now entering their fifties and sixtiesa unique generationare refashioning their lives, with dramatic results. They have fulfilled all the prescribed roles daughter, wife, mother, employee, but theyre not ready to retire. They want to experience more. Suzanne Braun Levine gives us a fun, smart, and tremendously informative road map through the challenging and uncharted territory that lies ahead. Levine takes us beyond the frontier of…

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List price: $15.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/27/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.22" wide x 7.93" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Getting to What Matters: Letting Go and Saying No



You're Not Who You Were, Only Older



Second Adolescence: A Second Chance at Growing Up Strong



Defiance: Speaking Up, Speaking Out, Speaking Your Mind



The Fertile Void: Taking Your Time


Finding Out What Works: Recalibrating Your Life



Reconsidering Work and Beginning to Recalibrate Your Life



Rediscovering Your Passion, Facing Your Fear



Redefining Intimacy: Love, Sex, Friendship, and the New You



Confronting Adversity


Moving On to What's Next: Making Peace and Taking Charge



Health, Beauty, and What You Cannot Change



Generations: Graduating from Our Child and Parent Voice to (at Last!) Our Own Adult Voice



Becoming a Critical Mass: The Personal Is Still Political



Riding the Spiral


Bibliography


Web Sites and Organizations


Index