"In this siular
book, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot introduces a new stage of life,
delineates its intriguing and unexpected contours, and draws lessons
that are meaningful for every human being."
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a MacArthur Prize-winning sociologist, is the
Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education at Harvard University,
where she has been on the faculty since 1972. Educator, researcher,
author, and public intellectual, Lawrence-Lightfoot has written nine
books, including Respect: An Exploration and The Essential
Conversations: What Parents and Teachers Can Learn from Each Other. Her
book Balm in Gilead: Journey of a Healer won the 1988 Christopher Award.
