Review
“Compelling . . . . Pauley's book is chockablock with keen insights for career transitions.” (
USA Today)
“Readers seeking new directions will find a wealth of inspiration.” (
Publishers Weekly)
“Jane Pauley is America’s baby boomer—taking us through those formative years to what next? Here she tells us in instructive, humorous, and utterly useful ways. I learned a lot—and so will you.” (Tom Brokaw)
“Jane Pauley is a wonderful guide to all the different ways you can open new doors in life, many of which lead to unexpected places. She shows with humor and a great generosity of spirit why the journey to reinvention can come from all kinds of places and produce all kinds of joys.” (Michael J. Fox)
“Jane Pauley speaks for boomers—the regeneration generation—who are exploring new lives in their bonus decades of vitality before traditional old age. Her moving personal journey, woven into the inspiring stories of men and women across the country, gives hope to all of us who ask: what next?” (Abigail Trafford, author of My Time and As Time Goes By)
“Beautifully written, filled with rich and compelling stories, and immensely practical, this book is destined to become a classic—the indispensable companion for all of us navigating the great gift of longer lives.” (Marc Freedman, founder/CEO of Encore.org and author of The Big Shift)
“Well, here it is—finally.
The guide for baby boomers on getting from here to there—from a state of panic over how to live the rest of their lives to a state of passion and performance as they do so with grace and pleasure. Read it and then
go!” (Jim Lehrer)
“In her early career, Jane Pauley was a role model for generations of women forging their paths in the workplace. Now, in her encore career, she’s a role model again, guiding millions of boomers as they reimagine their lives.” (Marci Alboher, VP, Encore.org and author of The Encore Career Handbook)
"Sadly, we're too old now to believe we're going to live forever. But we ARE going to live longer than any generation in history. So what shall we do with that information? Jane sees opportunities I'd missed until I read her book. Not only did she cheer me up about aging; she inspired me. But Jane has always done that." (Linda Ellerbee, journalist and author)
About the Author
Jane Pauley
has been a familiar face on TV for more than thirty years. She served as cohost of
Today from 1976 to 1989, anchored
Dateline NBC for eleven years, and in 2004 became the host of her own daytime program,
The Jane Pauley Show. Her memoir,
Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue, was a
New York Times bestseller. She lives with her husband, Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau, in New York City.