
The Third Chapter
Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50
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Laural Merlington
In our "third chapters" we are beginning to redefine our views about the casualties and opportunities of aging; we are challenging cultural definitions of strength, maturity, power, and sexiness. This is a chapter in life when the traditional norms, rules, and rituals of our careers seem less encompassing and restrictive; when many women and men seem to be embracing new challenges and searching for greater meaning in life.
In The Third Chapter, Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot offers a strong counterpoint to the murky ambivalence that shrouds our clear view of people in their third chapters. She challenges the still-prevailing and anachronistic images of aging by documenting and revealing the ways in which the years between 50 and 75 may, in fact, be the most transformative and generative time in our lives - tracing the ways in which wisdom, experience, and new learning inspire individual growth and cultural transformation. The women and men whose voices fill the pages of The Third Chapter tell passionate and poignant stories of risk and vulnerability, failure and resilience, challenge and mastery, experimentation and improvisation, and insight and new learning.
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Critic reviews
"Remarkable.... This is not only the best book yet about the changing lifecourse, but an inspiring roadmap for individual and social renewal." (Marc Freedman, author of Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life)
Narrator has some odd pronunciations, e.g. "pedagogy." But overall, a good message, if you can ignore some of the academic aspects of the book.
Great message but too much social science jargon
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It's a scholarly, hard to access book which they gave a pop-sounding title.
Shame, because it's an important subject, and offers some new thinking..but it's not a good listen.
And it's made worse by the narrator who speaks too fast, and sounds like she doesn't really understand the material. Otherwise she would slow down and add some emphasis and interest to what she's reading.
Stick to Gail Sheehy - and others who are not so pretentious.
MIS-LEADING
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Would you try another book from Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot and/or Laural Merlington?
doubtful on sara Lawrence. maybe on lauralWhat was most disappointing about Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot’s story?
it wasn't _her_ story. she just interviewed a few people and told a few things about _their_ story.What three words best describe Laural Merlington’s performance?
okWhat reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
nothingAny additional comments?
skip it. there 1000s of other books you could readDisappointing
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Mostly for those of privilege
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Good topic, Better Editing Needed
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"Disappointing"
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goofy, annoying
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