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    55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Life
    55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Life
    55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Life
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    55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Life

    Written by Elizabeth White

    Narrated by Elizabeth White

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    A practical plan for the millions of people in their fifties and sixties who find themselves out of work, unable to find a job, and financially incapable of retiring, Elizabeth White shows how to get past any blame or shame, overcome denial, and find a path to a new normal.

    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 reenter 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJan 8, 2019
    ISBN9781508277576
    Author

    Elizabeth White

    Elizabeth White (www.elizabethwhite.net) is the author of Controlling Interest, Off the Record, Fair Game, Fireworks, and the Texas Gatekeepers series for Steeple Hill’s Love Inspired Suspense line. She lives in Mobile, Alabama.

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      Elizabeth White found herself where many of are or will be. That is ageing in a society where we are essentially put out to pasture starting in our fifties with very few options and paths to get by. This book deals with these issues that are or will be confronting many of us.A large portion of the book is a rehashing of the difficulties many face and there situations and commentary regarding it. So a redundancy of the horror stories tends to dominate and lead to endless commiserating. To be sure the picture in reality is pretty grim and should frighten anyone facing the same scenarios.White provides numerous resources and websites to explore that should help in taking on this challenge yet the conclusion really is there are no easy solutions just some alternatives and a lot of adjustment.