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Our "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" culture tells us the twentysomething years don't matter. Some say they are a second adolescence. Others call them an emerging adulthood. Dr. Meg Jay, a clinical psychologist, argues that twentysomethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and ... read more
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In a rare study of life-span development, researchers at Boston University and University of Michigan examined dozens of life stories, written by prominent, successful people toward the end of their lives.
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Preface: The Defining Decade
Introduction
Work
1. Identity Capital
2. Weak Ties
3. The Unthought Known
4. My Life Should Look Better on Facebook
5. The Customized Life
Love
6. An Upmarket Conversation
7. Picking Your Family
8. The Cohabitation Effect
9. On Dating Down
10. Being in Like
The Brain and the Body
11. Forward Thinking
12. Calm Yourself
13. Outside In
14. Getting Along and Getting Ahead
15. Every Body
16. Do the Math
Epilogue: Will Things Work Out for Me?
Notes
Acknowledgments
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Twelve (Hachette Book Group)
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: April 2012
ISBN: 9780446561761
Page Count: 241
Publisher: Twelve (Hachette Book Group)
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: April 2012
ISBN: 9780446561761
Page Count: 241
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- Dewey: 155.65
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