Author Visit with Jonathan Rauch

Midlife crisis, like the Seinfeld show, is often literally about nothing. Yet it seems unshakable for those experiencing it. Society treats it as a joke or a cliché, yet it is natural, normal, and lays groundwork for surprising happiness and wisdom in late adulthood. Drawing on cutting-edge psychology, neuroscience, and even economics, while also tapping his own experiences and those of dozens of interviewees, Jonathan Rauch — author of the major Atlantic magazine cover article, The Real Roots of Midlife Crisis, and the book The Happiness Curve — explains why even chimps get midlife malaise, and how humans can cope with it far better than we do. Books will be available for sale and signing.