Not Dead Yet* Out of Print - Softcover

Fanning P

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572245522 ISBN 13: 9781572245525

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, 2009

Synopsis

Congratulations! After years of drudgery in the respectable working world, you've earned the right to unlimited free time-a luxury also enjoyed by the homeless, the incarcerated, and bimbo heiresses everywhere. With all this newfound time for meditation, medication, and reflection, you might've already made a few profound discoveries. Perhaps you've learned of your spouse's plan to drive you crazy, or just how bad daytime TV can be. If there's more to retirement, author Patrick Fanning sets out to find it in this irreverent guide to life in the slow lane.

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Synopsis

When you hit fifty-five, Saga starts courting you. By the time you hit sixty, they are stuffing your mailbox whether you're interested or not. But there is a darker side to retirement. Finding a new purpose in later life is a chore - a dull, tedious, thankless chore that is, as often as not, predestined to fail. So what's the new or soon-to-be-retiree to do? Well, he or she might as well get a good laugh out of the deal. In this hilarious send up of the Golden Years (golden being ironically and aptly the color of toast, which is what retirees often feel like in our youth-obsessed culture), author Patrick Fanning lets loose on many of the institutions of aging: the IRS, the continuing education system, the failing body and flagging libido, the perils of grandparenthood, and more. A must-read for any old codger or codger-ess in training.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572245522
• ISBN 13: 9781572245525
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144