{"product_id":"the-big-shift-marc-freedman-9781610390996","title":"The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Midlife","description":"\u003cb\u003eMarc Freedman, hailed by the\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003eas \"the voice of aging baby boomers [seeking] meaningful and sustaining work later in life,\" makes an impassioned call to accept the decades opening up between midlife and anything approximating old age for what they really are -- an entirely new stage of life, which he dubs the encore years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Big Shift\u003c\/i\u003e, Freedman bemoans the fact that the discussion about longer lives in America has been entirely about the staggering economic costs of a dramatically aging society when, in reality, most of the nation's 78 million boomers are not getting old -- at least not yet. The whole 60- to 80-year-old period is simply new territory, he writes, and the people in this period constitute a whole new phenomenon in the 21st century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Big Shift\u003c\/i\u003eis animated by a simple premise: that the challenge of transitioning to and making the most of this new stage -- while deeply personal -- is much more than an individual problem; it's an urgent social imperative, one affecting all generations. By embracing this time as a unique period of life -- and providing guidance, training, education and support to the millions who are in it -- Freedman says that we can make a monument out of what so many think of as the leftover years. The result could be a windfall of talent that will carry us toward a new generation of solutions for growing problems in areas like education, the environment, and health care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marc Freedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1610390997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781610390996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Marc Freedman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938769666303,"sku":"9781610390996","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_289b7d38-3a3c-406d-ba08-0ffbc32eb133.jpg?v=1681437617","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-big-shift-marc-freedman-9781610390996","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}