Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life (U)

Describes Predictable Personality And Sexual Changes Adults Go Through In Their 20s, 30s, 40s, And Beyond. Introduction -- Part 1: Mysteries Of The Life Cycle. Madness And Method -- Predictable Crises Of Adulthood -- Part 2: Pulling Up Roots. Breast To Breakaway -- Playing It To The Bust -- If I'm Late, Start The Crisis Without Me -- The Urge To Merge -- Beginnings Of The Couple Puzzle -- Part 3: The Trying Twenties. Getting Off To A Running Start -- The One True Couple -- Why Do Men Marry? -- Why Can't A Woman Be More Like A Man And A Man Less Like A Racehorse? -- Sneak Preview: Men And Women Growing Up -- Part 4: Passage To The Thirties. Catch-30 -- The Couple Knot, The Single Spot, The Rebound -- Part 5: But I'm Unique. Men's Life Patterns -- Women's Life Patterns -- Part 6: Deadline Decade. Setting Off On The Midlife Passage -- You Are In Good Company -- The Age 35 Survey -- The Age 40 Crucible -- Switch-40s And The Couple -- The Sexual Diamond -- Living Out The Fantasy -- Living Out The Reality -- Part 7: Renewal. Renewal -- Afterword. Gail Sheehy. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [529]-535) And Index.