Phyllis Moen holds the McKnight Presidential Chair of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Working Parents and Women's Two Roles and editor of It's About Time: Couples and Careers. She recently served as president of the Eastern Sociological Society. Patricia Roehling is professor and chair of the psychology department at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.

In this compelling, clearly written, and well-researched book, Moen and Roehling make the best case I've seen for sustainable careers. If it's good for the environment, why shouldn't we do it for human beings? A powerful idea whose time has come.

• Chapter 1 The Career MystiqueChapter 2 Learning the Career Mystique: Where Do Values and Expectations Come From?Chapter 3 Do Young Adults Still Believe in the Career Mystique?Chapter 4 If Real Work is Paid Work, Can New Parents Follow The Career Mystique?Chapter 5 Living the Career Mystique: Making It, Giving Up, or Slipping Behind?Chapter 6 Life Midcourse: Are Retirement or Second Acts Inevitable, Desirable, or Even Possible?Chapter 7 Policies and Practices: Maintaining the Status Quo or Challenging the Career Mystique?Chapter 8 Beyond the Career Mystique: Recasting the Lockstep Life Course

Phyllis Moen holds the McKnight Presidential Chair of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Working Parents and Women's Two Roles and editor of It's About Time: Couples and Careers. She recently served as president of the Eastern Sociological Society. Patricia Roehling is professor and chair of the psychology department at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.

In this compelling, clearly written, and well-researched book, Moen and Roehling make the best case I've seen for sustainable careers. If it's good for the environment, why shouldn't we do it for human beings? A powerful idea whose time has come.

• Chapter 1 The Career MystiqueChapter 2 Learning the Career Mystique: Where Do Values and Expectations Come From?Chapter 3 Do Young Adults Still Believe in the Career Mystique?Chapter 4 If Real Work is Paid Work, Can New Parents Follow The Career Mystique?Chapter 5 Living the Career Mystique: Making It, Giving Up, or Slipping Behind?Chapter 6 Life Midcourse: Are Retirement or Second Acts Inevitable, Desirable, or Even Possible?Chapter 7 Policies and Practices: Maintaining the Status Quo or Challenging the Career Mystique?Chapter 8 Beyond the Career Mystique: Recasting the Lockstep Life Course