55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Life
Language: English
Published by Simon & Schuster, 2019
- Hardcover
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Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
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256 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.
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- Title
- 55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Life
- Author
- White, Elizabeth
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- Brand New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1501196804
- ISBN 13
- 9781501196805
- Item weight
- 0.32 kilograms
Elizabeth White has an impressive resume, which includes advanced degrees from Harvard and Johns Hopkins and a distinguished employment history. She started a business that failed and then tried to re-enter the work force in her mid-fifties, only to learn that there is little demand for workers her age. For a while Elizabeth lived in denial, but then had to adjust to her new reality, shedding the gym membership, getting a roommate, forgoing restaurant meals, and so on. She soon learned she wasn&;t alone: there are millions of Americans in her predicament and worse, exhausted from trying to survive and overcome every day.
In 55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal, Elizabeth invites you to look beyond your immediate circumstances to what is possible in the new normal of financial insecurity. You&;re in your fifties and sixties, and may have saved nothing or not nearly enough to retire. It&;s too late for blame or shame&;and it wouldn&;t help anyway. What you want to know is what you can do now to have a shot at a decent retirement.
&;This relevant and well-researched book will appeal not only to those 55 plus, but to the generation coming right behind them who may face similar issues&; (Booklist, starred review). 55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal is a must-have for anyone whose income has suddenly diminished or even disappeared. &;Providing practical solutions with a focus on retirement and maximizing savings, White maintains authority with a realistic, empathetic tone throughout. This deeply useful work will resonate with aging readers of all income levels and situations&; (Publishers Weekly). If you&;re ready to get serious about feeling good again, this book is for you.
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"Every so often someone names an invisible pattern in society with such honesty and accuracy that it becomes a seed of a national conversation. Elizabeth White has brought to light the unexpected challenges of Boomers turning the corner into older age. She offers straight talk to her generation while giving everyone an eye-opening look at the travails of aging out of relevance in America."--Vicki Robin, author of Your Money or Your Life and Blessing the Hands That Feed Us
"Providing practical solutions with a focus on retirement and maximizing savings, White maintains authority with a realistic, empathetic tone throughout. This deeply useful work will resonate with aging readers of all income levels and situations."--Publishers Weekly
"Generously guides a generation of Americans finding a healthy, sustainable new normal and better life in their golden years."--Dylan Schleicher "800-CEO-READ "
"Elizabeth White's story is poignant and powerful. And, her new book is a fierce, insightful rallying call for both personal resilience and political action. 55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal is a tale of our age and our aging and it's one of my favorite books on the subject of midlife and beyond."--Chip Conley, Hospitality Entrepreneur and Author of Wisdom@Work: The Making of a Modern Elder
"55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal is required reading for all those who fear the finances of longer lives and a job market rife with age discrimination--in other words, everyone. Get a copy and breathe a bit easier: This book doubles as a lifesaving device!"--Marc Freedman, president and CEO of Encore.org and author of How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations
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Revaluation Books
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