Secrets of Becoming a Late Bloomer: Extraordinary Ordinary People On the Art of Staying Creative, Alive, and Aware in Midlife and Beyond
Goldman and Mahler have collected feel-good vignettes and intertwined them with practical suggestions and action steps for the 50 and older "adult-escent" years. Their premises are that postcareer life is a quest, not a crisis; that readers should focus on what is gained with age, not lost; that one must always accept personal responsibility for making choices; and that attitude affects outcome. The secrets of their book's title involve attitude, forgiveness, risk-taking, intimacy, health, humor creativity, and spirituality. None of this may sound terribly new, but to seniors who have never read a self-help book or attended a self-empowerment seminar, concepts such as visualizations, affirmations, and forgiving self and others will seem fresh. Whether revelatory or familiar, however, the book's inspirational focus on midlife individuals who have made successful transitions will make it popular among seniors and their families. Recommended for public libraries.?Susan Burdick, MLS, Reading, Pa.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.