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Composing a Further Life - 9780307266439

Un libro in lingua di Bateson Mary Catherine edito da Random House Inc, 2010

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From the author of the best-selling Composing a Life (published in 1991 and still in print), an exuberant exploration of a new stage of the life cycle—“Adulthood II”—created by unprecedented levels of health, energy, time, and resources.

Mary Catherine Bateson sees aging today as an “improvisational art form calling for imagination and willingness to learn,” and in this ardent, affirming study she relates the experiences of men and women—herself included—who, entering this second adulthood, have found new meaning and new ways to contribute, composing their lives in new patterns.

Among the people Bateson engages in open-ended, in-depth conversation are a retired Maine boatyard worker who has become a silversmith and maker of fine jewelry; an African American woman who discusses the importance of grandmothering; two gay men finding contentment in mutual caring; the retired dean of a cathedral in New York City who exemplifies how a multiplicity of interests and connections lead to deeper unity; and Jane Fonda, who shares her ways of dealing with change and spiritual growth.

Here is a book that presents us—at any age—with an exhilarating challenge to think about and approach our later lives with the full force of imagination, curiosity, and enthusiasm.

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