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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A new life phase is beginning to emerge within our society. When the Baby Boom generation came of age in the 1960s and 1970s, they jump-started a cultural revolution that shaped today's society. Now, many feel they are living a life of frenzied disharmony. This out-of-balance feeling is a signal that you are ready for your second coming of age, your life beyond adulthood. [This book] illuminates how to recognize and navigate the most challenging...
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the vein of Alison Bechdel or Harvey Pekar, Joyce Farmer's memoir chronicles the decline of the author's parents' health, their relationship with one another and with their daughter, and how they cope with the day-to-day emotional fragility of the most taxing time of their lives. Set in southern Los Angeles (which makes for a terrifying sequence as blind Rachel and ailing Lars are trapped in their home without power during the 1992 Rodney King...
Author
Publisher
Alpha, a member of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It's time to rethink retirement! Working past "normal" retirement age is one of the fastest growing trends in America. Today's Boomers don't want to slow down, and many of them can't afford to! They want meaningful work that fuels their passion, suits their personality, and fills their pockets. In a word, they want to rewire! Don't Retire, Rewire! Third Edition helps those new to retirement, and those approaching it, channel their energy and experience...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Rose Donovan looks for the good in everyone. With her sister-in-law, Peg, that sometimes requires a lot of searching...But after forty years of bickering, they're attempting to start over, partnering up to join the local bridge club. Peg and Rose barely have a chance to celebrate their first win before one of the club's most accomplished players is killed in his home. As the newest members, the sisters-in-law...decide to start some digging of their...
68) Live bait
Author
Series
Monkeewrench volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"After twenty, thirty, or even forty years of marriage, countless vacations together, raising well-adjusted children, and sharing property and finances--what could go wrong? Gray Divorce offers a provocative look at the growing rate of marital splits after the age of 50, showcasing the voices of men and women who are considering, going through, or have undergone one. With empathy and insight, Jocelyn Crowley, who has written widely on family issues,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
When the world is brought to a standstill in the early days of a global pandemic, Etta Wilmont finds herself suddenly stranded in Kansas City. Desperate to secure a roof over her head, Etta crosses paths with Henry Logan, a lonely older man in need of a caretaker. His invitation for Etta to stay with him seems to be the solution to both their problems?and maybe the spontaneous adventure Etta?s life has been missing. As Etta and Henry settle into a...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Lewis Madigan is young, gay, out of work, and getting antsy when he's roped into providing end-of-life care for his insufferable homophobic neighbor, Chester Wheeler. Lewis doesn't need the aggravation, just the money. The only requirements: run errands, be on call, and put up with a miserable old churl no one else in Buffalo can bear. After exchanging barbs, bickering, baiting, and pushing buttons, Chester hits Lewis with the big ask. Lewis can't...
Author
Series
Harbinder Kaur volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Murder leaps off the page when crime novelists begin to turn up dead in this intricate new novel by internationally best-selling author Elly Griffiths, a literary mystery perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz and Agatha Christie"--
Detective Sergeant Harbinder Kaur sees nothing out of the ordinary in the death of a ninety-year-old woman with a heart condition. But the woman's caretaker, Natalka, had a reason to be at the police station: while clearing...
73) The Swedish art of aging exuberantly: life wisdom from someone who will (probably) die before you
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shows readers how to prepare for and understand the aging process, and the joys and sorrows it can bring, with the ultimate message that people should all be less afraid of the idea of death.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A grandmother-granddaughter duo are eager to spend their summer together on peaceful Nantucket, but the season that unfolds brings about unforgettable surprises in New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer's magical, multigenerational novel. Eleanor Sunderland loves living on the Nantucket cliffside, in a charming home that has been in her family for decades. Now widowed, she looks forward to the arrival of her children and grandchildren for...
Author
Series
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The author is a geriatrician who provides readers with inside information about the aging process. She details what to expect, what's normal and what's not, and what options there are when adapting to getting older"--
Author
Language
English
Description
Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot....
Author
Series
Publisher
Amberjack Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Only a few months have passed since the day Kester Lanner forced an angry ghost through the spirit door, but business prospects for dr. Ribero's supernatural agency haven't improved. Things are looking grim when the agency lands a contract which they must share with a rival agency headed by Dr. Ribero's sworn enemy, Larry Higgins. Desperate for the job, the team accepts and begins to investigate the seaside town of "Lyme Regis, where elderly victims...
Author
Series
Senior sleuths mystery volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a typically closed-off Peg attempts online dating at Rose's strong urging, the experience plays out like an embarrassing mistake. At least, until she matches with Nolan Abercrombie -- intelligent, attractive, and a self-proclaimed dog lover. The two share an instant connection that has Peg cautiously excited to finally bring someone special into her busy world of Standard Poodles and conformation shows. Before Peg can admit that Rose was right...
Author
Publisher
Inner Traditions en Español
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
"Una guía compasiva para transformar el envejecimiento en crecimiento espiritual: ofrece al lector veinticinco preguntas clave que le servirán como guía para acceder a fuentes de inspiración y valor que antes desconocía; nos invita a encontrar un papel constructivo para la vergüenza y el arrepentimiento y aceptar la libertad de buscar un camino que sea verdaderamente nuestro. Cuando rebasamos los años de la mediana edad, nuestro deseo de encontrar...
80) Akin: a novel
Author
Language
English
Description
"Noah Selvaggio is a retired chemistry professor and widower living on the Upper West Side, but born in the South of France. He is days away from his first visit back to Nice since he was a child, bringing with him a handful of puzzling photos he's discovered from his mother's wartime years. But he receives a call from social services: Noah is the closest available relative of an eleven-year-old great-nephew he's never met, who urgently needs someone...
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