New passages - Gail Sheehy

An inspirational book about the issues men and women face as they pass into the second half of their lives, full of optimism and insights that change the way you think about yourself.

Gail Sheehy employs in-depth social analysis and hundreds of interviews with British and American men and women aged 40 to 90 to pinpoint the issues people are having to face in the second half of their lives these days, for instance: having children later, being forced into early retirement, children staying at home into their 30s, and accepting that we may live into our 80s or 90s.

Sheehy is a master at digging into people's minds and pinpointing universal issues in a highly readable way. There isn't another book on this area of life which is as illuminating, insightful or original.