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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Rauch, Jonathan, 1960-     Subjects     Middle age -- Psychological aspects.     Happiness.     Interpersonal relations.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Rauch, Jonathan, 1960-       by title:      The happiness curve ...       by call number:      155.6 R241h     Search the Web     Rauch, Jonathan, 1960-     Middle age -- Psychological aspects.     Happiness.     Interpersonal relations.       MARC Display

The happiness curve : why life gets better after 50 / Jonathan Rauch. by Rauch, Jonathan, 1960- A Thomas Dunne Book, St. Martin's Press, 2018. Call #: 155.6 R241h Subjects Middle age -- Psychological aspects.   Happiness.   Interpersonal relations. ISBN:  9781250078803 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  viii, 244 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and index. Contents:  The voyage of life: Thomas Cole's journey--and mine -- What makes us happy (and doesn't): the strange illogic of life satisfaction -- A timely discovery: how unsuspecting economists (and apes) found the happiness curve -- The shape of the river: time, happiness, and the curve of the U -- The expectations trap: midlife malaise is often about nothing -- The paradox of aging: why getting old makes you happier -- Crossing toward wisdom: the happiness curve has a purpose, and it's social -- Helping ourselves: how to get through the U -- Helping each other: bringing midlife out of the closet -- Epilogue: Gratitude. Summary:  Draws on cutting-edge scientific studies to discuss the U-shaped trajectory of happiness, which declines from the optimism of youth before surging upward again after age fifty, and offers ways to endure the slump during midlife. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Bedford Public Library Adult Nonfiction 155.6 R241h Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 155.6 R241h Adult books Checked out Jul 30, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 155.6 R241h Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList

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