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All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Sheehy s earlier passages borrowed from erik erikson and daniel levinson of yale to popularize the theory that the lives of adults as well as children are marked by stages of development, such as the trying twenties and catch30, until age 50, when its smooth sailing. Seven years ago she set out to write a sequel, but instead she discovered a historic revolution in the adult life cycle. Aug 01, 1976 gail sheehy is an american writer and lecturer, most notable for her books on life and the life cycle. Sheehy played a part in the movement tom wolfe called the new journalism, sometimes known as creative nonfiction, in which. Men, too, can expect a dramatically lengthened life span. Imagine the day you turn fortyfive as the infancy of another life. Sheehy notes that women today who reach 50 without developing cancer or heart disease can expect to live to be 92. Here is passages ii, an upbeat, factfilled, peoplerich, but ultimately unsatisfying sequel to the 1976 bestseller.