In this hilarious and insightful memoir twenty-five-year-old Rodney Rothman, burned out from his big-city life, decides to get a jumpstart on the golden years...four decades before his time. He retires and moves to South Florida and finds an elderly roommate, Leslie, a former piano teacher with cats. Rodney throws himself into the easy life, but soon finds that all the softball, shuffleboard, bingo, gambling cruises, canasta and tennis is, well, exhausting. After his newfound friends get over the oddity of a twenty-something retiree, he becomes one of them, though not without difficulty. He plays in a senior softball league and finds that most seventy-year-olds are far better athletes than he is. He plans a return to the stage for a reluctant ninety-two-year-old comedian. He finds himself the unwelcome muse and romantic interest of a seventy-seven-year-old femme fatale. And he becomes the last great hope of his shuffleboard team. But early retirement - the dream of so many - is not quite what he expected. Early Bird takes readers on a humorous, and often bittersweet, journey through the people and culture of retirement. With a deft comedic touch that evokes Bill Bryson or David Sedaris, Rodney Rothman takes you to where you're going after you get the golden watch.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13
9780743242172
eBay Product ID (ePID)
90537736
Product Key Features
Book Title
Early Bird: a Memoir of Premature Retirement
Author
Rodney Rothman
Format
Book
Language
English
Topic
Mental Health
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
135mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Rodney Rothman
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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