Like Lisa De Pasquale, the author of The Gen X Handbook for Middle Age: The Pursuit of Health, Success, and Human Fulfillment, I am a member of Gen X, though I am a bit older, having just passed the 60-year age milestone. Possessing many of the traits of my generation, I did not think I would enjoy a book written for aging Gen Xers—i.e., me.
As is her wont, Ms. De Pasquale—the author of books such as I Wish I Might and The Social Justice Warrior Handbook, among others—proved me wrong. Her book is a delight, without a bit of self-congratulatory generational hokum. (Looking at you, Baby Boomers.) I shall count the ways, but first, a little background on our oft-ignored Gen X is in order.
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