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BL
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970551
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b724921
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| Main Entry
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O'Connor, Peter A.
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| Title & Author
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Facing the fifties : : from denial to reflection /\ Peter A. O'Connor.
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| Publication Statement
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St. Leonards, NSW :: Allen & Unwin,, 2000.
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xiv, 209 pages)
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| ISBN
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1282159321
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: 1741151325
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: 9781282159327
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: 9781741151329
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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About the author; Title page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Ageing or Old?; 2 The Life and Death Forces: Eros and Thanatos; 3 Rite of Passage; Separation and Mourning; Women and the Loss of Youth; Men and the Loss of Youth; Fifty or Fifteen?; 4 Marriage, the Empty Nest and the True Self; 5 Androgyny in the Fifties; 6 The Grandparenting Phase: Renewal or Decay?; 7 Work and the Fifties; Doing rather than Being; 8 Betwixt and Between: Liminality and Initiation; Mythology as a Guide to the Rite of Passage; Death and Liminality; 9 The Return: the Late Fifties; Index.
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| Abstract
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Understanding the experiences of being fiftysomething.
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| Subject
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Middle-aged persons-- Psychology.
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Middle-aged persons-- Psychology.
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PSYCHOLOGY-- Developmental-- Adulthood Aging.
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| Dewey Classification
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155.66
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| LC Classification
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HQ1059.4.O246 2000eb
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