Second Act - What Late Bloomers Can Tell You About Success and Reinventing Your Life

"Henry Oliver is a rare talent: smart, funny and insightful. SECOND ACT showcases his wide reading, deep understanding and playful prose style. Read this book to discover why it''s never too late for a second act in your own life."
HELEN LEWIS, author of Difficult Women

Our society tells us over and over that if we''re going to achieve anything, we''d better do it while we''re young. We fixate on stories of prodigies; we put our children in piano lessons or language classes as toddlers, hoping to give them the best shot at success we can. As for ourselves, too many people feel it''s too late to change the course of their own lives. Whether we are at the start of our careers and sense we''re on the wrong path, or feeling unsettled in our late or middle years, we all wonder how we can reinvent ourselves? Is it too late?

This book has answers. Late bloomers - individuals who experience significant success later in life - offer lessons for pe