Following the Growth Angel

Using the metaphor of the angel of Eden, which invites us from one growth stage to the next, he traces their lives (and ours) through life's five developmental stages-childhood (becoming an individual), adolescence (becoming an independent individual), young adulthood (choosing life's basic identifications-marriage, singlehood, and vocation), middle age (achieving full maturity), and old age (simplification-or, slowing down without shutting down). Pat and Frank knew each other as children i...