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Dr. Meg Jay, a therapist for twentysomethings, and author of THE DEFINING DECADE --- on-sale today --- tells us why your 20s matter and how tomake the most of them now
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Maureen Linehan
I am 25 and thus right smack in the demographic that THE DEFINING DECADE: Why Your Twenties Matter --- and How to Make The Most of Them is talking about. But the audience for this book is far wider than just readers in their twenties. Even if you just hit 30 --- or on the flip side of things if you have a child in their twenties --- this book will speak to you. Read More
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Thirty is NOT the new twenty: Here is a new book on why twentysomething years are actually the most defining decade of adulthood.
Drawing from a decade of work with hundreds of twentysomething clients and students, psychologist Meg Jay weaves the latest science of the twentysomething years with the behind-closed-doors stories from twentysomethings themselves. The result is a provocative read that provides the tools necessary to make the most of your twenties, and shows us how work, relationships, personality, social networks, identity, and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthood-if we use the time wisely.
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Thirty is NOT the new twenty: Here is a new book on why twentysomething years are actually the most defining decade of adulthood.
Drawing from a decade of work with hundreds of twentysomething clients and students, psychologist Meg Jay weaves the latest science of the twentysomething years with the behind-closed-doors stories from twentysomethings themselves. The result is a provocative read that provides the tools necessary to make the most of your twenties, and shows us how work, relationships, personality, social networks, identity, and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthood-if we use the time wisely.
About the Book
Our "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" culture tells us that the twentysomething years don't matter. Some say they are an extended adolescence. Others call them an emerging adulthood. But thirty is not the new twenty. In this enlightening book, Dr. Meg Jay reveals how many twentysomethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and misinformation that has trivialized what are actually the most defining years of adulthood. Drawing from more than ten years of work with hundreds of twentysomething clients and students, Dr. Jay weaves the science of the twentysomething years with compelling, behind-closed-doors stories from twentysomethings themselves. She shares what psychologists, sociologists, neurologists, reproductive specialists, human resources executives, and economists know about the unique power of our twenties and how they change our lives. The result is a provocative and sometimes poignant read that shows us why our twenties do matter. Our twenties are a time when the things we do--and the things we don't do--will have an enormous effect across years and even generations to come.
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Devan Sipher has been writing about weddings for The New York Times’ "Vows" column for more than five years. He received a master of fine arts degree from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. He lives in New York City, and is still single. Here he talks about the inspiration for his new novel, The Wedding Beat, which follows Gavin Greene, a hopeless romantic --- and lonely, single guy --- who writes the wedding column in a popular newspaper.
