{"product_id":"9780999499597","title":"A Coming of Age: My Journey into the Eighties","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwenty-five years ago, Madeleine Kunin became the first woman to be elected governor of Vermont.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe was U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and U.S. deputy secretary of education. This is her personal story.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany readers are already familiar with Madeline Kunin, the former three-term Governor of Vermont, who served as the Deputy Secretary of Education and Ambassador to Switzerland under President Bill Clinton. In her newest book, a memoir entitled\u003ci\u003e A Coming of Age to Eighty\u003c\/i\u003e, the topic is aging, but she looks well beyond the physical tolls and explores the emotional ones as well. And she has had an extraordinary life: governor, ambassador, feminist, wife, mother, professor, poet, and much, much more.As recently reported in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times,\u003c\/i\u003e a girl born today can expect to live to the age of ninety, on average (boys, on the other hand, can expect to live until age eighty-five). Life expectancy, for many, is increasing, yet people rarely contemplate the emotional changes that come alongside the physical changes of aging. Madeleine wants to change that.\u003ci\u003eA Coming-of-Age to Eighty\u003c\/i\u003e takes a close and incisive look at what it is like to grow old. The book is a memoir, yet most important of all, it is an honest and positive look at aging and how it has affected her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Green Writers Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47017984786672,"sku":"9780999499597","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780999499597_p0.jpg?v=1763960563","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780999499597","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}