{"product_id":"coming-of-age-my-journey-to-the-eighties-9781732854086","title":"Coming of Age: My Journey to the Eighties","description":"\u003cp\u003eMany readers are already familiar with Madeleine Kunin, the former three-term governor of Vermont, who served as the deputy secretary of education and ambassador to Switzerland under President Bill Clinton. In her newest book, a memoir entitled\u003ci\u003e Coming of Age: My Journey to the Eighties\u003c\/i\u003e, the topic is aging, but she looks well beyond the physical tolls and explores the emotional ones as well. And she has had an extraordinary life: governor, ambassador, feminist, wife, mother, professor, poet, and much, much more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs recently reported in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e a girl born today can expect to live to the age of ninety, on average (boys, on the other hand, can expect to live until age eighty-five). Life expectancy, for many, is increasing, yet people rarely contemplate the emotional changes that come alongside the physical changes of aging. Madeleine wants to change that. \u003ci\u003eComing of Age: My Journey to the Eighties\u003c\/i\u003e takes a close and incisive look at what it is like to grow old. The book is a memoir, yet most important of all, it is an honest and positive look at aging and how it has affected her life. \u003cbr\u003eCover photo (c) Todd Lockwood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGovernor Kunin has written three previous books: \u003ci\u003eLiving a Political Life (Knopf), \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The New Feminist Agenda: Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work, and Family \u003c\/i\u003e(New York Times Editor's Choice) and\u003ci\u003e Pearls Politics and Power. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has more energy than two 40-year-olds. She is currently James Marsh Scholar Professor-at-Large at the University of Vermont where she gives lectures on feminism and women and politics. She also serves on the board of the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC), a nongovernmental organization that she founded in 1991, and she recently launched Emerge Vermont to encourage and support women in politics. She lives in Shelburne, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor photo by Paul Boisvert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Green Writers Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493137813778,"sku":"9781732854086","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a314b5f2-a54e-426e-8051-a437852b765f.jpg?v=1730631452","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/coming-of-age-my-journey-to-the-eighties-9781732854086","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}