mapping your life across time Sheehy, Gail. creator text bibliography nyu New York Random House c1995 1995 1st ed. monographic eng

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xxv, 498 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. 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 The old demarcations and descriptions of adulthood--beginning at twenty-one and ending at sixty- five--are hopelessly out of date.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. Gail Sheehy. Sequel to: Passages. Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-473) and index. n-us--- Adulthood Maturation (Psychology) Socialization Middle-aged persons Psychology Middle age Social aspects Aging Social aspects Aging Life change events Personality development Aging Life Change Events Personality Development Socialization Adulthood Maturation (Psychology) Middle aged persons psychology Aging Social aspects United States Social conditions 1980- 305.24 0394589130 (acid-free paper) 94043996 //r95 DLC 140305 20190501181048.0 32746811