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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 go through the choices and challenges we face and the roads open to us. For quite some time Davidson earned a living as a successful journalist and screenwriter, however 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 understand how to do the coming years well. Drawing on her behalf own experience and that of others, she explores such questions as • So how exactly does a high-powered person learn to walk down the ladder gracefully? • How do women continue being sensual rather than touch-deprived? • Just how do we arrange to get old with this friends? • Exactly what will be the fire at the center in our lives? • Why are we still here? Davidson interviews folks from in the united states 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 much better place; others will want to play or make creativity a priority. However they won't fade quietly in to the sunset. With Leap! Sara Davidson holds up a mirror for readers, permitting them to see not only themselves and those around them but their potential future. With Davidson as helpful information, the options are boundless.
