The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50

Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara

ISBN 10: 0374532214 / ISBN 13: 9780374532215

Published by Sarah Crichton Books, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50
• Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374532214
• ISBN 13: 9780374532215
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 9 ounces

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Synopsis

It's this process of creative reinvention that the renowned sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot details in The Third Chapter, which redefines our views about the casualties and opportunities of aging. 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.

About the Author

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. She is the author of Exit and The Third Chapter.