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Part One: The Emerging Adult
1. The Adult Dilemma
2. Finding Fulfillment in Cyclical Lives
Part Two: The Cycle of Change: Life Structures and Transitions
3. The Pattern of Change
4. From Dreaming to Restructuring
5. From Disengaging to Cocooning
6. From Self-Renewal to New Beginnings
Part Three: The Life Cycle
7. Meaning and Mission Across the Life Cycle
8. The Twenties and Thirties: Breaking Out, Staking Out, and Making It
9. The Forties and Fifties: Taking Charge and Enjoying Life
10. The Sixties and Seventies: Starting Over and Coming to Terms
11. Getting from Here to There: Six Principles of Life-Cycle Change
Part Four: Adults and Global Change
12. Valuing the Global Context
13. The Self-Renewing Adult, the Self-Renewing Society
Epilogue: A New Profession of Adult Mentors

"The Adult Years opens with a gripping story of personal suffering and recovery. It Ands with a challenging curriculum for mastering our own self-renewal. In between are compelling and wise lessons about how adults empower themselves to live richer and more significant lives. The most compelling book ever written on personal transition and transformation. If you are concerned about your own renewal and the renewal of our planet, you must read this book." —James M. Kouzes, coauthor, The Leadership Challenge