This book is designed as a simple, non-prescriptive manual for seniors who do not consider themselves writers, but want or need to record their life stories for their families or for posterity.

Cheryl Hagedorn, a Chicago area writer, does the unusual in this book: she uses senior citizens as both the "good guys" and the "bad guys" in a murder mystery. She also chooses a senior center as the setting. The conflict between the card players and the more active seniors who try to get them to participate in other activities may surprise as well as entertain you.

Everyone approaching retirement or even thinking about it needs to read this book!

This collection of brief fictional portraits of 73-year-olds presents a wide array of elderly foibles, pretentions, weaknesses, and coping efforts. While sometimes the characters' attempts to push back the clock are misguided, they share the admirable quality of persistence. They don't stop dreaming.

Ruppies (Retired Urban People) are a growing, active group who realize that downtown living has become 'the new fountain of youth.' Ezell surveys top U.S. Cities for Ruppies, including Chicago.

This is must reading for teachers and former teachers. By the time McCourt published this book, he was over 70, with much wisdom to share.

There are many ways for seniors to get the most out of their 'golden years.' Seniors can revitalize their beliefs, their self-images, their attitudes, and their love of life.

This is a book of essays about aging and adventures abroad during lives of business travel. In exceptionally large print, it is directed especially toward those living in retirement homes.

This novel successfully interweaves fiction and real life as a 39-year-old adult ed writing teacher finally comes to terms with her elderly parents (one deceased, one dying), her students, and herself as well. Her newly-acquired knowledge frees her to begin a new life and a new novel.

This book is probably not inspiring, and it's not a serious self-help book; however, any self-aware older woman with a sense of humor should find it an interesting quick read and the source of a few laughs.

This novel (in diary form) about turning 60 is filled with humor and irony as Marie Sharp comes to terms with family, friends, the past, and growing old. She learns some unexpected lessons.

The poetry is varied in form and subject matter, from the humorous to the serious. This book may encourage you to try writing some poetry of your own.

This is not a new book, but it has a timeless quality. The fictional journal of a retired teacher relegated to a rural nursing home, it reminds us of the inevitability of aging and death and the immensity of the caregiving responsibility.

This novel about aging, life, and death is strangely compelling. It offers fascinating elder characters and many things to think about.

For the retiree or almost-retiree seriously considering a new career as a writer, this book presents the basics of writing, publishing, and marketing, with an extensive list of resources for more in-depth information.

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