Leap!, Sara Davidson
Leap!, Sara Davidson
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Leap!
What Will We Do with the Rest of Our Lives?

Author: Sara Davidson

Narrator: Renée Raudman

Unabridged: 10 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/13/2007


Synopsis

Thirty years ago, Sara Davidson wrote the phenomenal bestseller Loose Change, the definitive book about the boomer generation's coming-of-age. Now this witty social observer has again turned her discerning eye to her contemporaries, with Leap! a no-holds-barred, illuminating, and hopeful look at the choices and challenges we face and the roads open to us.

For many years Davidson earned a living as a successful journalist and screenwriter, but in her fifties she saw her life come apart: She could no longer find work, she endured a break-up with her partner, and her children left for college. For the first time ever, she had nothing to do. She felt adrift, but she found that she was not alone.

In Leap! Davidson sets out on a passionate quest to learn how to do the coming years well. Drawing on her own experience and that of others, she explores such questions as

• How does a high-powered person learn to walk down the ladder gracefully?

• How can women continue to be sensual and not touch-deprived?

• How do we arrange to grow old with our friends?

• What will be the fire at the center of our lives?

• Why are we still here?

Davidson interviews people from across the country and from all walks of life, including such icons as Carly Simon, Tom Hayden, Tracy Kidder, Jane Fonda, Ram Dass, and Iman, as well as teachers, writers, psychologists, businesspeople, and spiritual leaders. The candid portraits are both inspiring and cautionary.

True to character, boomers will approach these years differently from previous generations, and there will be no single path. Some will feel free for the first time to take risks; others will embark upon a spiritual search; some will want to give back, to make the world a better place; others will want to play or make creativity a priority. But they will not fade quietly into the sunset.

With Leap! Sara Davidson holds up a mirror for readers, allowing them to see not only themselves and those around them but their potential future. With Davidson as a guide, the possibilities are boundless.

About Sara Davidson

Sara Davidson is the author of bestsellers Loose Change, Real Property, and Cowboy, and is a Golden Globe nominated writer for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. She is a contributing editor of O, The Oprah Magazine and writes regularly for the New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, and Rolling Stone. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mary on April 12, 2024

This was a surprisingly sad book, with some direction for a happier life (which all seem extremely obvious to people who haven't lived a life focused exclusively on overachieving). The main lesson: be extremely rich and successful.......more

Goodreads review by Amy on December 31, 2014

Interesting quick read, but definitely written from a rarefied position. Cover subtitled "Reflections from the Boomer Generation", this book reflects only an elite portion of the generation.......more

Goodreads review by Maureen on January 12, 2018

Some years ago now I read Ms. Davidson's memoir "Loose Change: Three Women from the Sixties." I wanted to know what she'd written in recent years and found this book that was published in 2006. Based on both interviews with people of the Baby Boom Generation as they were reaching their 50s and 60s i......more

Goodreads review by Rochelle on February 04, 2017

I enjoyed this book because the author, Sara Davidson, embarked on a journey of self-discovery in much the same spirit as the author of Eat, Pray, Love and found how challenging and multi-faceted this journey is at any age. She focuses on the lives of people in their 50s, 60s and beyond, many of who......more