Rent Twentysomething: Why Do Young Adults Seem Stuck?

Synopsis

A mother-daughter writing team reports on what's really up with kids today

Science writer Robin Marantz Henig and her daughter, journalist Samantha Henig, off er a smart, comprehensive look at what it's really like to be twentysomething-and to what extent it's di erent for Millennials than it was for their Baby Boomer parents. Th e Henigs combine the behavioral science literature for insights into how young people make choices about schooling, career, marriage, and childbearing; how they relate to parents, friends, and lovers; and how technology both speeds everything up and slows everything down. Packed with oft en-surprising discoveries, Twentysomething is a two-generation conversation that will become the definiftive book on being young in our time.
 "Th e fullest guide through this territory . . . A densely researched report on the state of middleclass young people today, drawn from several data sources and filtered through a comparative lens."-The New Yorker

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