Composing a life
Using the lives of five women as her framework, Bateson delves into the creative potential of the complex lives that we live today, where ambitions are contantly refocused on new goals and possibilities. We meet Johnnetta Cole, anthropologist and college president; Joan Erikson, dancer, writer, and jewelry designer; Alice d'Entremont, electrical engineer and entrepreneur; Ellen Bassuk, psychiatrist and researcher on homelessness; writer and professor Mary Catherine Bateson
Biographies
xiv, 241 pages ; 21 cm
9780802138040, 0802138047
612532322
Emergent visions
In the company of friends
From strength
Opening to the world
Partnerships
Give and take
Making and keeping
Caretaking
Multiple lives
Vicissitudes of commitment
Fits and starts
Enriching the earth