| Description |
viii, 238 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234). |
| Contents |
My mother's senior years were so different from mine -- So now I'm retired -- I finally have my freedom and independence -- We love our possessions but they are starting to own us -- The children are adults -- I can't use my computer -- or knit or rollerblade -- We laugh about our "senior moments" -- Rx health -- Separation and loss are facts of life -- Sometimes I feel safest in my senior bubble -- Finale: A gathering of the wisdom we find in each other. |
| Summary |
Living well in retirement depends on a variety of decisions people make as they prepare for and enter this new chapter of life and living. Women approaching and experiencing life in their senior years are the largest and fastest-growing part of the population. Today's senior women live longer, are healthier, better educated, more involved in the world, and more active than the women who preceded us. Meet women who reveal the realities of life for retirement-age women, and demonstrate the dreams, joys, concerns, and fears that come along with this phase of life. Through these stories, readers will find fellowship and guidance, wisdom and acknowledgment of the challenges (and triumphs) that lie ahead. Culled from women in their sixties and beyond, and from a variety of backgrounds and current living situations, the stories reveal the realities of life for retirement-age women, and demonstrate the dreams, joys, concerns, and fears that come along with this phase of life. They address questions about living arrangements, adult children, loss of a spouse or partner, relationships and friendships, part time work, social connections, health concerns, and more. Facing these new situations with class, dignity, sass, and smarts, these women reveal the various ways today's senior women can live and love her retirement years. |
| Subject |
Older women.
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Retired women.
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Aging -- Psychological aspects.
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Retirement -- Psychological aspects.
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Aging -- Anecdotes.
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Aging. (OCoLC)fst00800293
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Aging -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00800327
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Older women. (OCoLC)fst01199159
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Retired women. (OCoLC)fst01096253
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Retirement -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01096310
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
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| Added Author |
Reese, Thelma, 1933-
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| ISBN |
9781442223561 (cloth: alkaline paper) |
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1442223561 (cloth: alkaline paper) |
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9781442223578 (electronic) |
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9781442244351 (paperback) |
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1442244356 (paperback) |
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