An often ironic, possibly penetrating, certainly opinionated and sometimes moving account of what happens when “baby boomers” retire. Unlike most other books on retirement, this one does not dish out a single morsel of advice. This book was formerly available under a different title: The Bare Naked Baby Boomer: Revealing All about Retirement.
The book collects anecdotes, conversations, email letters, and personal stories from a cast of colourful characters and groups them around topics that matter to the newly retired baby boomer What happens to our sense of financial security, our relationships with our family members, our concerns with health? How do we feel about leaving a job that has mattered a lot to us? What kinds of resolutions—and, sometimes, anxieties—affect our smooth sailing through retirement?
These are only some of the topics Arty, Martha, Pria, Gord and many other characters experience—and talk about--reflectively, vehemently, or hilariously.
An often ironic, possibly penetrating, certainly opinionated and sometimes moving account of what happens when “baby boomers” retire. Unlike most other books on retirement, this one does not dish out a single morsel of advice. This book was formerly available under a different title: The Bare Naked Baby Boomer: Revealing All about Retirement.
The book collects anecdotes, conversations, email letters, and personal stories from a cast of colourful characters and groups them around topics that matter to the newly retired baby boomer What happens to our sense of financial security, our relationships with our family members, our concerns with health? How do we feel about leaving a job that has mattered a lot to us? What kinds of resolutions—and, sometimes, anxieties—affect our smooth sailing through retirement?
These are only some of the topics Arty, Martha, Pria, Gord and many other characters experience—and talk about--reflectively, vehemently, or hilariously.