Passages : predictable crises of adult life /
Gail Sheehy.
- 1st edition
- New York : E. P. Dutton, c1976.
- xiv, 393 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents;
Part One: Mysteries of the life cycle 1. Madness and method 2. Predictable crises of adulthood
Part Two: Pulling up roots 3. Breast to breakaway 4. Playing it to the bust 5. "If I'm late, start the crisis without me" 6. The urge to merge 7. Beginnings of the couple prize
Part Three: The trying twenties 8. Getting off a running start 9. The one true couple 10. Why do men marry? 11. Why can't a woman be more like a man and a man less like a ragehorse 12. Sneak preview: Men and women growing up
Part Four: Passage to the thirties 13. Catch 30 14. The couple knot, the single spot, the rebound
Part Five: But I'm unique 15. Men's life patterns 16. Women's life patterns
Part Six: Deadline decade 17. Setting off on the midlife passage 18. You are in good company 19. The age 35 survey 20. The age 40 crucible 21. Switch 40s and the couple 22. The sexual diamond 23. Living out the fantasy 24. Living out the reality