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New Passages
Mapping Your Life Across Time
by Gail Sheehy
ISBN: 0345404459
ISBN-13: 9780345404459
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Based on seven years of research, extensive surveys of professionals and working-class Americans, and hundreds of personal interviews, Sheehy proposes these new themes for the adult life cycle: that there are no longer predictable milestones within adulthood, that no one should become dependent on one source of identity, that most people are unprepared for the years she calls "second adulthood," which comes in the years remaining after the age of 50, and that the meaning of life is to "find your passion and pursue it with whole heart and single mind."
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"'New Passages' is a vast improvement over its predecessor, because it is grounded in the economic and psychological realities that make adult life so complex today." -- Carol Tavris
-- New York Times Book Review
"Brilliant. One of Sheehy's main points is that old ain't old anymore. As you read the book you say 'that's me' over and over. Whether it's about memory or sex or ambition or stamina-it's all so hopeful." -- Lesley Stahl
"An uncanny, remarkable and heroic piece of work. It comes just in time, highlighting the future and illuminating the past with equal brilliance." -- Shana Alexander
"An important new look at the ages of man. It can help pry loose some of the myths and mind-sets that presently cause so many of us to founder." -- Jean Harris
"A sweeping vision of our personal futures...dynamic, optimistic."
-- Publishers Weekly
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published date: 1996
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 1.05 pounds
Pages: 498
Publisher's Notes
A provocative sequel to and a significant extension of Sheehy's international bestseller Passages. Sheehy finds a revolution in the adult life cycle as she traces not only radical changes in the earlier phases of the '20s, '30s, and '40s, but discovers and maps out the new frontier--a second adulthood in middle life.
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New Passages
Gail Sheehy
Ballantine Books, 1996-05-28. Paperback. Good. Sheehy takes us beyond the midlife crisis to examine later life stages, with a short update on young adulthood in the 1990s. Good: Copy has been read, but remains in good condition. Normal shelf wear on edges and corners. Binding is tight. Very usable.Ex-library w/ library binding: "Withdrawn" stamped in front and back; card pouch may be removed; no marking in text. Label cut out of back cover. Minor tanning of pages from age. ( more information)
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Ballantine Books. Good with no dust jacket. 1996. Paperback. 0345404459 . Prompt delivery with tracking. Many satisfied customers. Satisfaction guaranteed; 1.3 x 8.3 x 5.5 Inches; 528 pages; THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER <br>Millions of readers literally defined their lives through Gail Sheehy's landmark bestseller Passages. Seven years ago she set out to write a sequel, but instead she discovered a historic revolution in the adult life cycle. . . <br>People are taking longer to grow up and much longer to die. A fifty-year-old woman--who remains free of cancer and heart disease-- can expect to see her ninety-second birthday. Men, too, can expect a dramatically lengthened life span. The old demarcations and descriptions of adulthood--beginning at twenty-one and ending at sixty-five--are hopelessly out of date. In New Passages, Gail Sheehy discovers and maps out a completely new frontier--a Second Adulthood in middle life.<br>"Stop and recalculate," Sheehy writes. "Imagine the day you turn forty-five as the infancy of another life." Instead of declining, men and women who embrace a Second Adulthood are progressing through entirely new passages into lives of deeper meaning, renewed playfulness, and creativity--beyond both male and female menopause. Through hundreds of personal and group interviews, national surveys of professionals and working-class people, and fresh findings extracted from fifty years of U.S. Census reports, Sheehy vividly dramatizes these newly developing stages. Combining the scholar's ability to synthesize data with the novelist's gift for storytelling, she allows us to make sense of our own lives by understanding others like us.<br>New Passages tells us we have the ability to customize our own life cycle. This groundbreaking work is certain to awaken and permanently alter the way we think about ourselves.<br>"SHEEHY CLEARLY STATES IDEAS ABOUT LIFE THAT HAVE NEVER BEFORE BEEN AS CLEARLY STATED."<br>--Los Angeles Times Book Review<br>"AN OPTIMISTIC ANALYSIS OF ADULT DEVELOPMENT IN PESSIMISTIC TIMES. . . It is grounded in the economic and psychological realities that make adult life so complex today."<br>--The New York Times Book Review . ( more information)
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Sheehy, Gail
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1996. Clean, tight copy with no writings and markings. The spine is not creased. Not an Ex-Library Book. Colorfully illustrated cover. Includes note from the author, 19 chapters, 5 appendixes, notes, index, and a photograph and a brief biography of the author.. Number Line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4. Soft Cover. Very Good. Measures: 5-1/2" x 8-1/4". 498 Pages. ( more information)
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Ballantine, May 28, 1996 . Trade Paperback. Good. VG except for permanent marker on cover.\n\nThe author's previous blockbuster, Passages, introduced us all to the term "midlife crisis." In this sequel, Sheehy takes us beyond the midlife crisis to examine later life stages, with a short update on young adulthood in the 1990s. In a few ways, this is a better book than its predecessor. Sheehy pays closer attention to the influence of history on the life course of individuals. She also addresses the main criticism that social scientists have made of her work, that large-scale studies have shown no evidence that most people go through the life stages that she describes, by explaining that people should go through these "passages" and that everyone who doesn't is "walking dead." These improvements aside, her prose still sounds like that of a second-rate astrologer, her advice is often contradictory, and her adulation of famous personalities verges on embarrassing. Nevertheless, this is a "critic-proof" book; if you haven't already done so, order multiple copies to satisfy reader demand. --Mary Ann Hughes ( more information)
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New York: Ballantine, 1996. An optimistic analysis of adult development in pessimistic times. New Passages tell us we have the ability to customize our own life cycle. Minor shelfwear, lightly worn corners. Small sticker scar frt cvr. Few other wear marks. Tight binding, pgs fully intact, cleanbook. PNRC(Probably Never Read Copy).. 2nd Print. Trade Paperback. Fine +. ( more information)
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Mississauga, ON, Canada: Ballantine Books of Canada, 1996. MATURATION (PSYCHOLOGY) MIDDLE-AGED PERSONS SOCIALIZATION.From the Publisher People are taking longer to grow up and much longer to grow old. A fifty-year-old woman -- who remains free of cancer and heart disease -- can expect to see her ninety-second birthday. Men, too, can expect a dramatically lengthened life span. The old demarcations and descriptions of adulthood -- beginning at twenty-one and ending at sixty-five -- are hopelessly out of date. In New Passages, Gail Sheehy discovers and maps out a completely new frontier -- a Second Adulthood in middle life.. ISBN: 0345404459. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. MATURATION (PSYCHOLOGY) MIDDLE-AGED PERSONS SOCIALIZATION. ( more information)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1996. AUTHOR SIGNED. 1st Ballantine Books edition. Softcover. As new. For those who found Sheehy's best-selling Passages stimulating this is the sequel, following aging boomers, offering hope that after all the best might yet be to come. . Signed by Author. First Thus. Soft Cover. As New. ( more information)
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