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“This is the book parents have been waiting for”—Michael Thompson, coauthor of Raising Cain. The book that is “helpful, hopeful, and engaging”—Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Ph.D., Columbia University. It is the book that addresses the new reality for parents of kids in their 20s and the issues that everyone in the media is talking about: When will this new generation of 20-somethings leave home, find love, start a career, settle down—grow up? And it's the book that will soothe your nerves. It’s loaded with information about what to expect and guidance on what to do when problems arise (as they probably will). In other words, this is the book parents need—Getting to 30, by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, the world's leading authority on the post-adolescent phase he named emerging adulthood, and Elizabeth Fishel, author of Sisters and other books.



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Elizabeth Fishel

Elizabeth Fishel is a journalist and author. In 2000, Fishel published her fourth book profiling 10 of her classmates from the class of 1968 at Brearley School titled Reunion: The Girls We Used to Be, the Women We Became. Her book I Swore I'd Never Do That! was awarded "Best Parenting Book" by Parent's Choice Award in 1991. Fishel has also written for various magazines and newspapers, including McCall's, Vogue, Redbook, Parents, Ms., Parenting, The New York Times Book Review and the San Francisco Chronicle. She presently lives in Oakland, California with her spouse, Robert Houghteling, and their two sons.



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