Summary of Bruce Feiler's Life Is in the Transitions
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#1 The Moores were a typical family with two kids and no money. They switched to a Baptist church after their old community shunned Christy because she got pregnant out of high school. They eventually bought a Japanese restaurant in a strip mall in Georgia.
#2 Christy used to take her daughter to the public library for toddler time. One day, she grabbed a book, Wuthering Heights, and started reading. She ended up getting a degree four years later.
#3 The author, who is now a counselor for nontraditional students, believes that if she had done it in the expected order, she wouldn't have the husband, children, or life she has now. She believes that the upside-down way she lived her life is the greatest testament to the value of finding your own life course.
#4 The three shapes of life are circular, ascending, and descending. The easiest way to understand the change in expectations is to look back at previous cultures and how they understood these shapes and shoulds.
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#1
The Moores were a typical family with two kids and no money. They switched to a Baptist church after their old community shunned Christy because she got pregnant out of high school. They eventually bought a Japanese restaurant in a strip mall in Georgia.
#2
Christy used to take her daughter to the public library for toddler time. One day, she grabbed a book, Wuthering Heights, and started reading. She ended up getting a degree four years later.
#3
The author, who is now a counselor for nontraditional students, believes that if she had done it in the expected order, she wouldn't have the husband, children, or life she has now. She believes that the upside-down way she lived her life is the greatest testament to the value of finding your own life course.
#4
The three shapes of life are circular, ascending, and descending. The easiest way to understand the change in expectations is to look back at previous cultures and how they understood these shapes and shoulds.
#5
Davon Goodwin’s life was not cyclical at all. He went through so many unpredictable pivots that he considered his life to be a pentagon. He was raised by a single mom in the projects of Pittsburgh. His father was imprisoned on drug charges.
#6
Davon’s story is a prime example of how the Wounded Storyteller can be used to help others. He was a narcoleptic who was blown up in Afghanistan, and as a result, he could no longer read. But he learned how to garden, which gave him a new mission in life: to help communities of color have access to fresh produce.
#7
The idea of life following a circle died out by the early modern era, and was replaced by the idea of life proceeding through a series of ages, phases, or stages. The primary visual metaphor for this way of living was a rising and falling staircase.
#8
David Parsons, a musician, was a stone-cold drunk. He had a botched surgery on his vocal cords that ended his opera career. He began teaching. He joined the church choir. He took a job at a sporting goods store selling ski equipment.
#9
The life of a pastor is to be a theologian of the cross, David said. For him, that meant