The Third Act
About This Book
Instead of treating later life as a time to slow down, this book presents sixty people who kept building, learning, and creating after the age when many step back from work. Each of the sixty profiles is accompanied by a portrait photograph, and the subjects range from familiar public figures to people most readers will not know. Among the famous names are Alan Alda, Rita Moreno, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda, James E. Clyburn, Robert Redford, and Norman Lear, all of whom took on new challenges at a stage of life when many people settle into a quieter routine. The lesser-known subjects are just as striking. Donzella Washington became the oldest graduate of Alabama A&M University at eighty. Andrea Peterson made a lifelong dream a reality at fifty by becoming a firefighter. Paul Dillon started an incubator for marine veterans after a business career, and Hope Harley founded the Bronx Children's Museum after years at a telecommunications company. Many more people are featured throughout. The book is meant to encourage readers to pursue their passions and put their abilities to use at the point in life when many others retire.
ISBN: 9781648961953
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