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	Fletcher Agency Melissa Chinchillo
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English
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SLOUCHING TOWARD ADULTHOOD

Observations from the Not-So-Empty Nest

From the adultescents' relationship to work (or no work), money (mainly their parents'), and relationships (which tend to stop short of marriage), this is a provocative, razor-sharp and urgent book for all the parents who sent their offspring to college, only to have them ricochet right back with a diploma in one hand and the DVR remote in the other; who are quietly wondering, when will they make a plan and stick with it?

Millions of American parents pull their chairs up to dinner tables every night, wondering why fully grown children are still sitting across from them—or, more likely, grunting good- ?bye as they head out for another night of who knows what.

Books like Quarter Life Crisis gave voice to the legions of underemployed, sometimes under- ?motivated “adultescents.” But it’s time for parents to have their say. Sally Koslow, a journalist, novelist, and mother of two kids in their 20's and 30's digs deep to reveal what lies behind the current generation’s unwillingness—or inability—to take flight. Panicked after reading a study that boldly proclaimed twenty- ?eight as the new nineteen, Koslow thought: does that mean that this generation won’t leave until they’re thirty- ?five? She went in search of answers. Through delving into the latest research and conducting probing interviews with both frustrated parents and their frustrated offspring, Koslow uses humor, insight, and honest self- ?reflection to give voice to the issues of prolonged dependency.