The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (662 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0374532214 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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These stories reveal a whole world of learning and discovery awaiting those who want it. She challenges the still-prevailing and anachronistic images of aging by documenting and revealing how the years between fifty and seventy-five 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. In The Third Chapter, Lawrence-Lightfoot captures a new moment in history and offers us a book rich with insight and hope about our endless capacity for change and growth.. "We must develop a compelling vision of later life: one that does not assume a trajectory of decline after fifty, but one that recognizes it as a time of change, grown, and new learning; a time when ‘our courage gives us hope.
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is the Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education at Harvard and the chair of the board of the MacArthur Foundation. As a sociologist, she examines the culture of schools, the patterns and structures of classroom life, socialization within families and communities, and the relationships between culture and learning styles.
From Publishers Weekly New opportunities for creativity and self-fulfillment await men and women between the ages of 50 and 75. . (Jan.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Sociologist Lawrence-Lightfoot (Balm in Gilead) coins the term Third Chapter to describe the rich possibilities as illustrated in her extended interviews with 40 well-educated, affluent Americans. All rights reserved. Readers feeling that something is missing from their lives, that there is something more they can contribute,
Jason D. Groode said The Third Chapter. I love the subject of this book, and that is why I purchased it. It was redundant, however, and very slow reading, even though the basic premise of what she is sharing is very "Right On".. Some Nuggets of Wisdom, But Too Much Academic Navel-Gazing Daryl Ann Glenney I approached this book with eager anticipation, having seen Dr. Lawrence-Lightfoot on television, making her points eloquently to Charlie Rose. I was disappointed by the book, however. The style was off-putting, and the substance was too often elusive.The author's ponderous, repetitive academic writing reduces the promised exploration of "Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50," the book's subtitle, to a sort of "Chicken Soup for Aging Dummies." First, she spends several pages telling us what the chapter is going to be about. Then, she tells us. Then, she summarizes what sh. The Third Chapter J. Smith I am disappointed in this book. It is written for upper middle class women who have means. It is not very useful to me. Also the style of writing is more like a doctoral thesis.