Thirty. The big three-oh. The baby-boom generation ("Don't trust anyone over 30") got there -- and succumbed to the realities of middle-class adulthood. But many women today, looking toward their 30th birthdays, can only see less freedom, less satisfaction, and more work. The result: an epidemic of "late 20s freakout."
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Helped me face myself,
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This review is from: Facing 30: Women Talk About Constructing a Real Life and Other Scary Rites of Passage (Paperback)
I don't usually read about my problems but I took a look at the Facing 30 cover and figured these authors might really get it. I wasn't disappointed. They write well (never too sappy, like so many self-help books, or too snarly, like a lot of the gen "x" writing out there) and the women they talked with are different enough to have thought about this scary time in my life from lots of cool angles. When I was done I felt calmed and amused. I've been buying this book for friends.
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I enjoyed reading Dockett and Beck's interviews with women--and the sage advice they had to offer. Most of this book is just common sense, but sometimes it's nice to see what someone else has to say! This book has more substance than some others on the market, and the authors have included some (not much) information from sociologists. If you're (like me) almost 30 and trying to figure out who you are, where you're going, and what you might want to be when you maybe decide to grow up, this book can give you some inspiration and interesting insights.
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extraordinarily insightful,
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Dockett and Beck have wtitten the only serious view of the subject of the big 3-0 that I have come across. It is extraordinarily insightful and a delight to read.
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"Thirty seemed pretty old to me when I was a teenager," says Elise, who has begun the countdown to thirty. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
facing thirty, turning thirty, nearing thirty, promotions assistant Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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"Thirty seemed pretty old to me when I was a teenager," says Elise, who has begun the countdown to thirty. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
facing thirty, turning thirty, nearing thirty, promotions assistant Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gail Sheehy, The Divorce Culture New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Divorce Culture, The by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead on 4 pages
- Work Matters by Sara Ann Friedman on page 71, and Back Matter
- Angry Women (Re/Search ; 13) by Andrea Juno on page 94, and Back Matter
- Women Living Single: 30 Women Share Their Stories of Navigating Through a Married World by Lee Reilly on page 84, and Back Matter
- Marriage Shock: The Transformation of Women into Wives by Dalma Heyn on page 88, and Back Matter
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