THE SECOND JOURNEY: THE ROAD BACK TO YOURSELF

Book ID/图书代码： 12739007B14646

English Summary/英文概要： From the bestselling author of A Year by the Sea, a true coming-of-age story for every woman who has asked herself: "Now what?"
Nearly a decade after the debut of her bestselling, life-changing classic A Year by the Sea, Joan Anderson is busy. When she’s not on the road helping groups of women search for their true selves, she’s working on her latest book. And when she’s "not working," she’s taking care of her husband, her grown children, her grandchildren, and her ninety-one-year-old mother. Joan is stretched so thin from being all things to all people that she doesn’t even realize how out of control her life has become.
Ironically, she finds she needs to listen to her own advice more than anyone else does. It takes a serious intervention--from her best friends, her doctor, and her husband--before she finally wakes up.
The Second Journey chronicles Joan’s quest to restore her own equilibrium and find herself again. Suffused with her characteristic humor and warmth, this is a book for any woman who wants to know how to awaken her own independent spirit and set herself on a new path. Joan shares her musings on love, marriage, growing older, family, aging parents, and spirituality as she casts a watchful eye on her own life and helps readers find peace and inspiration within their own lives. She offers reassurance that the best is yet to come, and empowers other women to come of age in the middle of life.
The call to a second journey usually commences when unexpected change is thrust upon you, causing a crisis of feelings so great that you are stopped in your tracks. Personal events such as a betrayal, a diagnosis of serious illness, the death of a loved one, loss of self-esteem, a fall from power are only a few of the catalysts. A woman caught thusly has no choice but to pause, isolate, even relocate until she can reevaluate the direction in which she should head. Should she stay the course or choose another path? The goal is to come of age in the middle of life rather than live out our days lacking purpose and energy. It’s all about rearranging our lives in our own image.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： “二次旅行”常指发生在人身上无法预料，使人感觉身处强烈危机感，导致生活停滞不前的变化。
本书作者在工作之余把全部精力投入到照料家庭、抚养孩子，几乎凡事都亲历亲为的她终于被生活折磨得不成人形。直到无法跳出这片苦海，才意识到是时候该倾听自己的内心了。
书中记叙了作者为恢复被快节奏生活打乱的平衡所做的努力，字里行间渗透着幽默温暖之意。她对爱情、婚姻、衰老等生活的方方面面所思所想凝聚成一股力量赐给了追求与众不同，想要把握自己命运的其他女性。
到底是坚持到底还是另谋出路？作者用自己的切身经历描绘了一幅鼓舞人心的画卷，启迪读者只要不丧失目标和信心，好运一直都在，生活还是和睦美好的。(ZY)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Joan Anderson is a journalist and the bestselling author of A Year by the Sea, An Unfinished Marriage, A Walk on the Beach, and A Weekend to Change Your Life. She lives with her husband on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and conducts weekend workshops for women around the country. She is also a seasoned journalist and has written numerous children’s novels. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Anderson lives with her husband on Cape Cod.
Joan Anderson’s website: joanandersononline.com
oan Anderson，新闻记者，与丈夫居住在马萨诸塞州的科德角，管理全国范围内的妇女周末专题研究小组。有四部畅销作：《A Year by the Sea》(在海边的一年)，《An Unfinished Marriage》（未完成的婚姻），《A Walk on the Beach》（漫步沙滩），《A Weekend to Change Your Life》（改变生活的周末）。网址为capewoman@msn.com。

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