Himalayas, 1986. Retired judge Jemubhai Patel lives with his cook and sixteen-year-old granddaughter, Sai. An Indian-Nepalese insurgency makes Jemubhai confront his past and interrupts Sai's romance with her Nepali tutor. Meanwhile...
Retirement
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Author:Desai, KiranSummary: - Author:Manuel, JenniferSummary:
Depicts the lonely world of Bernadette, a woman who has spent the last forty years living alone on the periphery of a remote West Coast First Nations reserve, serving as a nurse for the community. Only weeks from retirement, Bernadette...
- Author:Waldstein Wilkes, HelenSummary:
Live your passion and purpose and change the world as an empowered elder.
Your career has wound down, the kids have moved, and your schedule is clear...for the next 30 years.
In your youth, you cared about people and...
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Author:GINGOLD, RobertSummary:Practical, easy-to-follow advice on how to remain physically vital, mentally alert and emotionally fulfilled.
- Author:Brookes, ChrisSummary:
It seems like every species has an instinctual TimeClock because it went to do things in the fall every Canada Goose knows what time it is time to fly south in the spring every Canadian maple tree knows what time it is time to grow...
- Author:Pape, GordonSummary:
In this hard-hitting new book, personal finance expert Gordon Pape zeroes in on the realities of retirement that confront Canadians, including collapsing pension plans, a tax system that works against us, pitiful savings rates, and the...
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Author:Ezell, KyleSummary:Are you a Ruppie? More and more people are trending toward living downtown. Author Kyle Ezell demonstrates how empty nesters can live out their golden years full of fun and independence in the midst of the city. Ruppies—Retired Urban...
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Author:Miller, KrisSummary:Ready For PREtirement: Everything You Need To Know NOW So Your Money Is There When You Need It is a comprehensive guide designed to help you plan for retirement NOW. Retirement planning can be scary, confusing and overwhelming,...
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Author:Grubisic, Brett JosefSummary:Meet Marcus O, a man who's feeling older but not much wiser as he sets jaded eyes on that last vigorous stretch before the dreaded sunset years. With the approach of the terminal semester of a long-winded career, he's...
- Author:Michaud, Andrée A.Summary:
From internationally acclaimed crime writer Andrée A. Michaud, a brilliant and original tragicomic thriller about one man's search for peace and sanctuary amid invasive neighbours and a mysterious death. Retired fifty-something...
- Author:Raybourn, DeannaSummary:
Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that’s their secret weapon. They’ve spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they're sixty years old, four women friends...
- Author:Anspach, DanaSummary:
Recent statistics suggest that nearly two-thirds of Americans regret not planning properly for retirement. We tend to underestimate the key factors of retirement planning: our total lifespan; the probable length of our retirement; and,...
- Author:Freedman, MarcSummary:
Media commentator and best-selling author Marc Freedman delivers this compelling guide for baby boomers poised to enter the next phase of their lives. Freedman notes that most boomers cannot or will not retire in the traditional sense....
- Author:Craig, Elizabeth SpannSummary:
When psychic (and hubcap retailer) Wanda Alewine pays a late-night visit to Myrtle Clover, she urges the octogenarian sleuth to head straight to Greener Pastures Retirement Home. But Wanda doesn't want Myrtle to consider the Home's...
- Author:Senior, OliveSummary:
When her house in the Jamaican countryside is damaged by a hurricane, Gertrude Samphire is sent (by her estranged daughter Celia) to Ellesmere Lodge, an assisted living centre. Gertrude is unimpressed with her new wealthy neighbours,...
