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Leap! audiobook
- By: Sara Davidson
- Category: Aging, Family & Relationships
- Length: 10 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish date: April 13, 2007
- Language: English
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Leap! Audiobook Summary
Thirty years ago, Sara Davidson wrote the phenomenal bestseller Loose Change, the definitive book about the boomer generation’s coming-of-age. Now this witty social observer has again turned her discerning eye to her contemporaries, with Leap! a no-holds-barred, illuminating, and hopeful look at the choices and challenges we face and the roads open to us.
For many years Davidson earned a living as a successful journalist and screenwriter, but in her fifties she saw her life come apart: She could no longer find work, she endured a break-up with her partner, and her children left for college. For the first time ever, she had nothing to do. She felt adrift, but she found that she was not alone.
In Leap! Davidson sets out on a passionate quest to learn how to do the coming years well. Drawing on her own experience and that of others, she explores such questions as
* How does a high-powered person learn to walk down the ladder gracefully?
* How can women continue to be sensual and not touch-deprived?
* How do we arrange to grow old with our friends?
* What will be the fire at the center of our lives?
* Why are we still here?
Davidson interviews people from across the country and from all walks of life, including such icons as Carly Simon, Tom Hayden, Tracy Kidder, Jane Fonda, Ram Dass, and Iman, as well as teachers, writers, psychologists, businesspeople, and spiritual leaders. The candid portraits are both inspiring and cautionary.
True to character, boomers will approach these years differently from previous generations, and there will be no single path. Some will feel free for the first time to take risks; others will embark upon a spiritual search; some will want to give back, to make the world a better place; others will want to play or make creativity a priority. But they will not fade quietly into the sunset.
With Leap! Sara Davidson holds up a mirror for readers, allowing them to see not only themselves and those around them but their potential future. With Davidson as a guide, the possibilities are boundless.
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Leap! Full Details
| Length | 10 hours 44 minutes |
| Author | Sara Davidson |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Tantor Media, Inc |
| Release date | April 13, 2007 |
| ISBN | 9781400174195 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Leap! is Tantor Media, Inc. includes the following subjects: Family & Relationships, Aging, Body, Mind & Spirit, Spiritualism, Psychology, Developmental, Adulthood & Aging, Religion, Spirituality, Self-Help, Aging, Self-Help, Creativity, Self-Help, Spiritual, Social Science, General The BISAC Subject Code is Aging, Family & Relationships
Additional info
The publisher of the Leap! is Tantor Media, Inc. The imprint is Tantor Media, Inc. It is supplied by Tantor Media, Inc. The ISBN-13 is 9781400174195.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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