Leap! is a work of nonfiction, but some names have been changed at the request of the individuals, along with certain identifying details in the corresponding portraits.


2008 Ballantine Books Trade Paperback Edition


Copyright © 2007 by Sara Davidson


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Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random House, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., in 2007.


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Portions of this work were originally published in different form in Mirabella and O: The Oprah Magazine.


Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.


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Davidson, Sara.

Leap!: what will we do with the rest of our lives? / Sara Davidson.

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1. Middle-aged persons—Life skills guides. 2. Baby boom generation—Life skills guides. 3. Middle-aged persons—Conduct of life. 4. Baby boom generation—Conduct of life. I. Title.

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