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List Price: $23.00Amazon.com's Price: $20.70 You Save: $2.30 (10%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.633
EAN: 9780345311740
ISBN: 0345311744
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 456
Publication Date: February 11, 1997
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: February 11, 1997
Sales Rank: 155860
Studio: Ballantine Books
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
"A HIGHLY NUANCED PORTRAIT, in every shade of gray, of individual women negotiating the transitions of what Levinson calls early adulthood *ages 18 to 45."
*The New York Times Book Review
Nearly twenty years ago, esteemed Yale psychologist Daniel J. Levinson wrote the groundbreaking classic, The Seasons of a Man's Life, which became the stimulus for a revolution in thinking about life passages, helping thousands of men make sense of their own lives. Now it is womens' turn. Based on exhaustive interviews with a diverse group of forty-five women, The Seasons of a Woman's Life completes and substantiates Levinson's thesis: that all human beings go right on developing throughout their lives in a pattern of amazing inevitability.
Firmly grounded in original scientific research, The Seasons of a Woman's Life is unusual in being not only vividly readable but a rich source of insights and consolation. It speaks with uncanny directness to the dreams, emotional crises, inexplicable feelings, social conflicts, and psychological upheavals that mark each woman's life course. Every woman will recognize *and find comfort in recognizing *the deep shape of her own life in the pattern it outlines, from Early Adult Transition (ages 17 to 22) to the Mid-life Transition (ages 40 to 45) and beyond. Alive with the voices of real women, perceptive and sympathetic, this book is destined *like its predecessor *to become a classic.
"AFFIRMING AND ILLUMINATING . . . PSYCHOLOGICALLY RICH."
*San Jose Mercury News
"HELPFUL AND ENLIGHTENING."
*Booklist
"GROUNDBREAKING."
*Feminist Bookstore News
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I began this book with genuine interest, but some trepidation after reading the previous and negative customer reviews. I have been compelled to write a review myself because I so thoroughly disagree with those reviews and hope to encourage others to explore the book for what it may offer them. In the book, the Levinsons share, discuss, and analyse the autobiographies of 45 diverse women. These stories are used to propose that adult development follows a somewhat consistent pattern, that is, is ... Read More
Rating:  -
I began this book with much anticipation. After the first chapter, I was offended and disappointed. But I kept reading hoping it would get better. It didn't. The author interviews only 45 women and bases his theories on loosely held evidence. I don't know how I am going to finish this book, but I have to becausee it's a required text for a college course. As a woman and student, I am thoroughly offended and don't regard any of Levinson's ideas as "ground breaking". His methods are unscientific ... Read More
Rating:  -
This was an extremely disappointing book, especially in view
of my admiration for Levinson's earlier work on men.
Despite a few nuggets of useful insight, such as (1)
many women never love their husbands, even on their wedding
day, and (2) women with careers almost always make the
career their highest priority, followed by children and
marriage, in that order, the rest of the book is an
extremely tedious account of the lives of 45 women.
Levinson chose 15 homemakers, 15 businesswomen, and 15 ... Read More
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