TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sheehy, Gail 
TI  - Passages : Predictable crises of adult life
SN  - 0553103067 (pbk)
U1  - 155.5 
PY  - 1976///
CY  - New York
PB  - Bantam Books
KW  - Passages--Predictable--Crises--Adult--Life
N1  - 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

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