| Twentysomething: Why Do Young Adults Seem Stuck? Contributor(s): Henig, Robin Marantz (Author), Henig, Samantha (Author), Ward, Pam (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1470839830 ISBN-13: 9781470839833 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - General |
| Dewey: 305.242 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.2" W x 5.8" (0.60 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What does it mean to be young today? In the summer of 2010, Robin Marantz Henig wrote a provocative article for the New York Times Magazine called "What Is It about 20-Somethings?" It generated enormous reader response and started a conversation that included both millennials and baby boomers. Now, working with her millennial daughter Samantha, she expands the project to give us a full portrait of what it means to be in your twenties today. Looking through many lenses, the Henigs ask whether emerging adulthood has truly become a new rite of passage. They examine the latest neuroscience and psychological research, the financial pressures young people now face, changing cultural expectations, the aftereffects of helicopter parenting, and the changes that have arisen from social media and all things Internet. Most important, they have surveyed more than 120 millennials and baby boomers to give voice to both viewpoints of a conversation that is usually one-sided. |
Contributor Bio(s): Henig, Samantha: - Samantha Henig is a twentysomething journalist who has been a reporter and editor for Newsweek, Slate, and the New Yorker. She is currently the online editor of the New York Times Magazine. Robin Marantz Henig is an acclaimed science journalist, the author of eight books, and a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine. In 2010 she received a lifetime achievement award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors, as well as a Guggenheim Foundation grant. Ward, Pam: -Pam Ward found her true calling reading books for the blind and physically handicapped for the Library of Congress' Talking Books program. The fact that she can work with Blackstone Audio from the beauty of the mountains of Southern Oregon is an unexpected bonus. Her audiobook narration has won two AudioFile Earphones Awards. Durante, Emily: -Emily Durante's performing career began at a young age growing up in Michigan where she appeared in a number of stage plays professionally, in the community and on the college level. More recent performance credits on the East Coast include commercial and industrial voice work and a multitude of audiobook narrations. Her titles include Velva Jean Learns to Fly by Jennifer Niven, Beyond the Sling by Mayim Bialik, Casting Off by Nicole R. Dickson, Impossible and Locked Inside by Nancy Werlin, and Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypus, among many others. She has also directed audiobooks, including the Earphones Award-winning performance of Heaven's Keep narrated by Buck Schirner. Emily resides in the Philadelphia area with her husband and two young boys. |