Passages : Predictable crises of adult life
/ Gail Sheehy
- New York : Bantam Books, 1976
- 560 p.
part one: mysteries of the life cycle 1. *madness and method* ............... 2 _is there life after youth?_ 2. *predictable crises of adulthood* ... 29 _two couples, two generations — the developmental ladder_
part two: pulling up roots 3. *breast to breakaway* ................. 48 _our merger and seeker selves — the inner custodian — breaking away from the inner custodian — a first solo flight_ 4. *playing it to the bust* ............. 62 5. *“if i’m late, start the crisis without me”* ... 80 _seeking an idea to believe in — which model, hero, or heroine to copy? — “what am i going to do with my life?”_ 6. *the urge to merge* ..................... 92 _all you need is love — the piggyback principle — jailbreak marriage — openings — the complete-me child — compulsory graffiti — the college woman — finding my “true self”_ 7. *beginnings of the couple puzzle* ... 106