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1) The old man
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
To all appearances, Dan Chase is a harmless retiree in Vermont with two big mutts and a grown daughter he keeps in touch with by phone. But most sixty-year-old widowers don't have multiple driver's licenses, savings stockpiled in banks across the country, and a bugout kit with two Beretta Nanos stashed in the spare bedroom closet. Most have not spent decades on the run. Thirty-five years ago, as a young hotshot in army intelligence, Chase was sent...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching only glimpses of his eccentric landlord and a nervous young mother who has moved in next door. Occasionally, fond memories return, of his family, his beloved wife June and their two children, Winnie and Joe. But when two former colleagues turn up at his...
3) Quartet
Publisher
Anchor Bay Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The rumor circling the halls is that Beecham House (the home for retired musicians) is soon to play host to a new resident. Word is, it's a star. Reginald, Wilfred and Cecily are in for a special shock when the new arrival turns out to be none other than their former singing partner, Jean. Her subsequent career as a star soloist, and the ego that accompanied it, split up their long friendship and ended her marriage to Reggie, who takes the news of...
4) Out of death
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A retired forest ranger tries to help a woman after she witnesses a crime.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Bob Comet is a retired librarian, isolated but not lonely, living out his quiet days in a mint-colored house in Oregon, surrounded by his books and small comforts. One morning, out on his daily walk, he performs an act of kindness that brings him into contact with a nearby senior center, where he soon begins volunteering. Here, as a community of peers and friends gathers around Bob, and following a happenstance brush with a painful complication from...
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A troubled teenage girl's life is turned upside down when she is forced to provide community service in a retirement home. As she develops a close friendship with one of the residents, she learns that giving is greater than receiving and she is forever changed when she discovers the power of family, hope, and faith through the strength of her devoted single father.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But will their relationship survive in a society that considers...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A soul-shaking and inspiring book for late-in-life adulthood. The decision of whether we will choose with intention to fully live in the last third of life begins in our 60s. We can demand more of ourselves, invest in opportunities to test our courage, and try one more time for the life we want"--
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Dr. Abe Mandelbaum moves into Cliffside Manor with his deteriorating wife Molly, he forms an improbable relationship with gambler and womanizer, Phil Nicoletti. While Abe feels moving into the home is the end of the road he soon realizes that his life is finding a whole new beginning. Abe and Phil's friendship is challenged when a mysterious nurse claims that her biological father resides in the home.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Life is waiting to happen to Hubert Bird. But first he has to open his front door and let it in. In weekly phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Bird paints a picture of the perfect retirement, packed with fun, friendship, and fulfilment. But he's lying. The truth is day after day drags by without him seeing a single soul. Until he receives some good news - good news that in one way turns out to be the worst news ever, news that...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A first-hand look at the growing phenomenon of gated retirement communities where no children are allowed. The author's journey begins when his next-door-neighbors suddenly pick up and move to a retirement community called The Villages, the largest gated retirement community in the world. It is a city of nearly 100,000 (and growing) and the exclusion of children is one of the foundations of the development. The Villages is merely one of a rapidly...
12) Driveways
Publisher
Filmrise
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A lonesome boy accompanies his mother on a trip to clean out his late aunt's house, where he ends up forming an unexpected friendship with the retiree who lives next door.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Farlingaye Hall is a beautiful hotel in Suffolk on the east coast of England. Unfortunately, it is also the site of the brutal murder of Frank Parris, a retired advertising executive. Stefan Codrescu, a Romanian maintenance man, is arrested after police find blood spatter on his clothes and bed linen. He is found guilty and spends eight years in prison. It appears an open and shut case, but there is more than meets the eye. Alan Conway, the late...
14) Never too late
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
It has been a long time since Caine, Bronson, Angus, and Wendell, aka 'the Chain Breakers,' escaped the torturous Vietnamese POW camp. They now find themselves sharing a new prison: the Hogan Hills Retirement Home. Each of the boys has an unrealized dream they want to achieve before it's too late. So, once again, they band together to devise a plan to escape this new hell. But the rules of engagement have changed and they can't even remember what...
Author
Publisher
Mango Media
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"Hyrum Smith wants to remind you of something very important- you're not dead yet! In fact, your retirement years can and should be filled with joy, big goals and the freedom to pursue your personal passions. Yet, author Hyrum Smith knows very well that the transition from decades dedicated to your career to years of retirement can seem unmooring. Suddenly, the hours between 9 and 5 loom large"--Page 2 of cover.
Series
Mongeville volume 1
Publisher
MHz Choice
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Français
Description
Antoine Mongeville, is a gruff yet brilliant former investigating judge who never lets his retirement get in the way of solving a good mystery! Soon, he teams up with the by-the-book Criminal Police investigator Valentine Duteil¸ and in the course of their work together, his rough edges soften a little? but never too much. Mongeville's sharp mind is constantly at work, piecing together obscure motives and skewering false alibis. In two special...
Series
Mongeville volume 2
Publisher
MHz Choice
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Français
Description
Antoine Mongeville, is a gruff yet brilliant former investigating judge who never lets his retirement get in the way of solving a good mystery! Soon, he teams up with the by-the-book Criminal Police investigator Valentine Duteil¸ and in the course of their work together, his rough edges soften a little? but never too much. Mongeville's sharp mind is constantly at work, piecing together obscure motives and skewering false alibis. In two special...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. Including Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache, who now live in the little Quebec village. But when the boy disappears, the villagers are faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales might...
Author
Series
Retired Detectives Club volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
After a long career as a police officer, Moira hopes a move to a luxury retirement community will mean she can finally leave the detective work to the youngsters and focus on a quieter life. But it turns out The Homestead is far from paradise. When she discovers the body of a young woman floating in one of the pools, surrounded by thousands of dollar bills, her crime-fighting instinct kicks back in and she joins up with fellow ex-cops--and new neighbours--Philip,...
20) Living off your money: the modern mechanics of investing during retirement with stocks and bonds
Author
Publisher
Patterns Press?
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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