The Journey of Adulthood

The book was in excellent condition, few marking (highlightening), cover in good condition, and binding was in good shape. Would definitely order from seller again.

Unlike most textbooks, this one is almost fun to read. The writer uses her own experiences to highlight some of the information. I would recommend that you tell your teacher to order a desk copy to review.

easy to read/ follow. Enjoyable to read because personal connection to author. real life examples.

Hellen Bee is able to carry one through the years of adulthood through many avenues. Using scientific studies she interprets the data in meaningful ways. Inclusion of personal accounts and her conversational style make the reading interesting. The book continually ties previous ideas to new concepts giving a nice continuity. I especially enjoyed her occasional insertions of the not-so-scientific spiritual aspects of the adult experience, which I was not expecting in a textbook. My ideas of what it means to grow old were challenged and changed during the reading of this book. Some myths of adulthood are adeptly smashed making the thought of aging not such a frightful one. The only criticism I would include is that occasionally the point being made was not clear to me and a few conclusions seem to have contradictory statements in following chapters. That may be expected in the field of psychology, however.