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Twentysomething: Why Do Young Adults Seem Stuck?
by
Robin Marantz Henig (Goodreads Author),
Samantha Henig
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 t...more
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 t...more
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published
November 8th 2012
by Hudson Street Press
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So I'm not crazy. That's pretty much what was going through my head the entire time I was reading this book. I am a twentysomething that after working very hard for four years has recently graduated college. However, much like many of the twentysomething's questioned for this book, I have no clue where I'm going to end up five years from now (or let's be honest, even one). The first three chapters were very relevant to me--I kind of skimmed through the "Baby Carriage" chapter. There were sentenc...more
Wow, that was an unusually long magazine article I just read! - Oh, that's right, I guess it's a book, based on the hardcover. OK, in truth this was not any lighter than standard popular nonfiction fare these days, it was just that very little of it was really gripping, and the reality is that's because I'm a boring adult (and not actually confused about being one--even if a manager's reference to me as "a woman in my office" made me sort of double-take, and think, hey, yeah, cool, wouldn't have...more
I enjoyed this book, but I was disappointed by it for two reasons. The first, more reasonable, is that the book was really concerned with middle and upper middle class twentysomethings. The introduction admits this, but it made the book very unrelateable for me, and considering the employment rate and poverty rate for twentysomethings, not relateable for a huge chunk of us. It felt a little off for the book to talk about boomerang Millenials or delayed adulthood based on marriage, steady jobs, a...more
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As a twentysomething reading this ACK! I'm normal statistically speaking with everything in this book, none of it terrible but still ACK!
The Henig's do a great job of looking at some of the prevalent ideas of what a Millennial is and how they came to be this way. This book looks only at a small subset of 18-34 year olds but it remained hopeful in the treatment of analyzing behaviors and ideals. The recaps at the end of each chapter (notes for skimmers) and the interplay between mother and daugh...more
The Henig's do a great job of looking at some of the prevalent ideas of what a Millennial is and how they came to be this way. This book looks only at a small subset of 18-34 year olds but it remained hopeful in the treatment of analyzing behaviors and ideals. The recaps at the end of each chapter (notes for skimmers) and the interplay between mother and daugh...more
I skimmed this book, so it might not be fair to rate it. But it was well organized and summarized so skimming was made easier. I like books that remind me that many things have not changed when it comes to comparing generations. It reminds me not to grumble about "the kids." Yes the Internet has distracted them and offered them more choices, school is so very expensive, and they are having babies later, but for the most part the types of decisions and pressures millennials face are the same as e...more
This is a survey of surveys type book, easy to read and written mostly by the mother Robin, and commented on by her 20-something daughter Samantha.
It convincingly lays out arguments highlighting how today's young adults really do have it different from other generations: college is much more expensive, how young people decide / balance things (career path, doing something "cool", changing professions) and how people make decisions (way more complicated than you think.)
Its not an answer book, but...more
It convincingly lays out arguments highlighting how today's young adults really do have it different from other generations: college is much more expensive, how young people decide / balance things (career path, doing something "cool", changing professions) and how people make decisions (way more complicated than you think.)
Its not an answer book, but...more
Many young adults are stuck, and some of them are stuck deep into their thirties. I think they will need to work forever because they get started so late on everything: Earning money, settling down, saving for retirement, having children, etc.
What I found most interesting was the discussion about "sliding" or "deciding" about marriage and the difference it made in the relationship.
What I found most interesting was the discussion about "sliding" or "deciding" about marriage and the difference it made in the relationship.
IT was the classic twenty somethings book that was heaving on research. that was a nice change of pace from others books like quarter life crises that just had a bunch of stories of people in their twenties. But I felt like I didnt learn anything new until I have more some life expierances in my twenties. If you feel you that are having a quarter life crises just read this and it will remind you that you are not alone.
As a late-forties supervisor of twenty somethings, this book helped enormously. From the opening page the language spoke directly to my own "what is the MATTER with this generation?!" And helped me through some pretty strong feelings of frustration. I recommend it to anyone who finds the generational chasm wider than ever.
The subtitle smacks of authorial intrusion and is an arguable point. The U.S. Census Bureau's generation designations are useful: Baby Boomers, 1946-1964; Generation X: 1965-1976; and Generation Y: 1977-1995.
The mother-daughter viewpoints encourage compare-and-contrast reflections.
The mother-daughter viewpoints encourage compare-and-contrast reflections.
Interesting approach to take research and have mom and daughter comment on the ways of the Twenty Somethings. Really liked the quick summary of each chapter at the end of it as you can
skim the chapters if you only want a cursory look at the subject.
skim the chapters if you only want a cursory look at the subject.
Some of it I skimmed through, but there are some interesting questions raised, funny anecdotes, and encouraging information/statistics. I think it's worth checking out at the library if it's a topic you're interested in.
This is a very substantial book in which the authors have managed to verbalize all the discomfort and anguish I've come to feel during my quarterlife crisis. I recommend it!
Really great book, if you start it and don't like it at the beginning stick with it awhile. It is an interesting analysis of past and present culture, what has changed, why, and what has remained the same.
I am probably not the best audience for this book, and I found it difficult slogging through it. Most interesting when it is anecdotal. My edition has a different sub title.
Trying to make an interesting magazine article a book. I didn't there was enough original or engaging content.
Not my world; although I have several twenty somethings. Liked the mother-daughter format, tho.
I am (by the books definition) the only 20 something working with a group of baby boomers made this book provided a very interesting perspective.
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I'm a long-time science journalist and a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. In addition to my most recent book -- Twentysomething: Why Do Young Adults Seem Stuck?, co-authored with my daughter Samantha Henig -- I've written eight others, including Pandora’s Baby: How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution and The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Geni...more
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