Affirming and illuminating . . . psychologically rich. --
San Jose Mercury News
What emerges is a highly nuanced portrait. -- The New York
Times Book Review, Susan Jacoby
內容簡介:
A HIGHLY NUANCED PORTRAIT, in every shade of gray, of
individual women negotiating the transitions of what Levinson calls
early adulthood *ages 18 to 45.
*The New York Times Book Review
Nearly twenty years ago, esteemed Yale psychologist Daniel J.
Levinson wrote the groundbreaking classic, The Seasons of a Man''s
Life, which became the stimulus for a revolution in thinking about
life passages, helping thousands of men make sense of their own
lives. Now it is womens'' turn. Based on exhaustive interviews with
a diverse group of forty-five women, The Seasons of a Woman''s Life
completes and substantiates Levinson''s thesis: that all human
beings go right on developing throughout their lives in a pattern
of amazing inevitability.
Firmly grounded in original scientific research, The Seasons of a
Woman''s Life is unusual in being not only vividly readable but a
rich source of insights and consolation. It speaks with uncanny
directness to the dreams, emotional crises, inexplicable feelings,
social conflicts, and psychological upheavals that mark each
woman''s life course. Every woman will recognize *and find comfort
in recognizing *the deep shape of her own life in the pattern it
outlines, from Early Adult Transition ages 17 to 22 to the
Mid-life Transition ages 40 to 45 and beyond. Alive with the
voices of real women, perceptive and sympathetic, this book is
destined *like its predecessor *to become a classic.