Life Reimagined

By Barbara Bradley Hagerty,

Book cover of Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife

Book description

A dynamic and inspiring exploration of the new science that is redrawing the future for people in their forties, fifties, and sixties for the better-and for good.

There's no such thing as an inevitable midlife crisis, Barbara Bradley Hagerty writes in this provocative, hopeful book. It's a myth, an illusion.…

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1 author picked Life Reimagined as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Hagerty is a meticulous reporter and deftly weaves personal stories with many facts and figures about midlife. She interviews experts in sociology, psychology, neurobiology, and genetics while exploring the question, "How do you thrive in midlife?" Hagerty argues that rather than seeing midlife as a time of crises, we should be able to experience it as a time of renewal: a time when we feel a growing sense of certainty about who we are and what we have to offer the world.

From Dorothy's list on helping you to thrive in midlife.

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