Dimensions
198 x 129 x 11mm
How to get your head around life in your twenties . . .
As graduates flood into the real world of work and daunting life-choices this summer, and twenty-somethings start to wonder whether life as a City banker or Thailand backpacker is really all it's cracked up to be, the pressure to be successful, happy and fulfilled by the time you re 25 can lead to meltdown.
We've all heard of adolescent angst and the midlife crisis but no one really talks about the challenges of the period in between. The media trumpets the success of twenty-somethings, not the failures. Bombarded by images of youthful celebrities with the world at their feet (think Spice Girls, Robbie Williams, Kate Winslet . . . the list is endless) and intimidated by the glorification of 'overnight' internet millionaires (think Martha Lane Fox and lastminute.com), increasingly twenty-somethings feel that they have to do something big by the time they're 25 and be at their happiest while they're doing it!
Inspired by their own experiences on graduation, twenty-somethings Alexandra Robbins and Abby Wilner are the first to identify and document a new phenomenon, the quarterlife crisis. Their book and website contain facts, information and startlingly honest personal stories from over a hundred twenty-somethings. 'Quarterlife Crisis' clarifies an often dizzying period, and compellingly tackles the most difficult questions facing twenty-somethings today.
