Twentysomething, Robin Marantz Henig and Samantha Henig
Twentysomething, Robin Marantz Henig and Samantha Henig
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Twentysomething
Why Do Young Adults Seem Stuck?

Author: Robin Marantz Henig and Samantha Henig

Narrator: Pam Ward and Emily Durante

Unabridged: 7 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/08/2012

Synopsis

What does it mean to be young today? In the summer of 2010, Robin Marantz Henig wrote a provocative article for theNew York Times Magazinecalled 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 to give us a full portrait of what it means to be in your twenties today. Looking through many lenses, the Henigs ask whether emerging adulthood has truly become a new rite of passage. They examine the latest neuroscience and psychological research, the financial pressures young people now face, changing cultural expectations, the aftereffects of helicopter parenting, and the changes that have arisen from social media and all things Internet. Most important, they have surveyed more than 120 millennials and baby boomers to give voice to both viewpoints of a conversation that is usually one-sided.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julia

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 wh......more

Goodreads review by Chad

Trying to make an interesting magazine article a book. I didn't there was enough original or engaging content.......more

Goodreads review by Anne-marie

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 generationa......more

Goodreads review by Megan

A good exploration of all the thoughts that are going on in a twentysomething’s head. I liked how they incorporated both personal anecdotes and psychological-sociological research and evidence. It’s helpful to know others are grappling with the same paralyzing decisions that twentysomethings are for......more

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