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Leap! : what will we do with the rest of our lives? / Sara Davidson.

Davidson, Sara, 1943- (Author).

Summary:

A no-holds-barred, illuminating, and hopeful look at the choices and challenges baby-boomers face and the roads open to them. For many years Davidson was a successful journalist and screenwriter, but in her fifties her life came apart: she could no longer find work, she endured a break-up with her partner, and her children left for college. For the first time ever, she had nothing to do. She felt adrift--but found that she was not alone. Drawing on her own experience and that of others, she explores such questions as: How does a high-powered person learn to step down the ladder gracefully? How can women be sensual and not touch-deprived as the number of available partners dwindles? How can we arrange to grow old with our friends? What will be the fire at the center of our lives? Why are we still here?--From publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 0345478088
ISBN: 9780345478085
Physical Description: 317 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York : Random House, [2007]
Copyright: ©2007

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-305) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1 Long and Winding Road 3 -- 2 19th Nervous Breakdown 13 -- 3 Sweet Surrender? 31 -- 4 Body Electric 42 -- 5 Change Is Gonna Come or, Another Fucking Opportunity for Growth 64 -- 6 Sea of Love 83 -- 7 Second Sexual Revolution 110 -- 8 Get a Job 135 -- 9 School's Out 160 -- 10 Our House 177 -- 11 Revolution No. 9 200 -- 12 We Are the World 220 -- 13 My Sweet Lord 242 -- 14 When We're Sixty-four 270.