Becoming Grandma: The Joys and Science of the New Grandparenting

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The New York Times Bestseller

From one of the vital country’s most recognizable journalists, Lesley Stahl of CBS’s 60 Minutes: How becoming a grandmother transforms a woman’s life.
 
After four decades as a reporter, Lesley Stahl’s most vivid and transformative experience of her life used to be not covering the White House, interviewing heads of state, or researching stories at 60 Minutes. It used to be becoming a grandmother. She used to be hit with a jolt of joy so intense and unexpected, she wanted to “investigate” it—as regardless that it were a news flash. And so, the use of her 60 Minutes skills, she explored how grandmothering changes a woman’s life, interviewing friends like Whoopi Goldberg, colleagues like Diane Sawyer (and grandfathers, including Tom Brokaw), in addition to the proverbial woman next door.

Along with these personal accounts, Stahl speaks with scientists and doctors about physiological changes that occur in women when they’ve grandchildren; anthropologists about why there are grandmothers, in evolutionary terms; and psychiatrists concerning the therapeutic effects of grandchildren on both grandmothers and grandfathers.

Throughout Becoming Grandma, Stahl shares stories about her own life with granddaughters Jordan and Chloe, about how her relationship with her daughter, Taylor, has changed, and about how being a grandfather has affected her husband, Aaron.

In an era when baby boomers are becoming grandparents in droves and when young parents need all of the assist they may be able to get raising their children, Stahl’s book is a timely and affecting read that redefines a cherished relationship.

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