Independence Day: What I Learned about Retirement from Some Who've Done It and Some Who Never Will

"Steve Lopez is insightful, ingenious, and often hilarious as he navigates one of life's biggest questions." --Michael...
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Author: Steve Lopez
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Independence Day: What I Learned about Retirement from Some Who've Done It and Some Who Never Will by Lopez, Steve

Independence Day: What I Learned about Retirement from Some Who've Done It and Some Who Never Will

¥6,478

Independence Day: What I Learned about Retirement from Some Who've Done It and Some Who Never Will

¥6,478
Author: Steve Lopez
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

"Steve Lopez is insightful, ingenious, and often hilarious as he navigates one of life's biggest questions." --Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Dark Hours

Four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and longtime Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez explores the meaning of work and how it defines us in this captivating book that combines memoir, investigatory interviews, and practical application.

Grappling with his own decision of whether to retire, Lopez uses his reporter skills not only to look inward but also to interview experts and peers to collect a variety of perspectives as he examines the true nature of a person's time, identity, and ultimate life satisfaction.

In Independence Day, Lopez talks to those who have chosen to extend their working life to its (il)logical extreme--people like Mel Brooks, still working at 94--those who have happily retired and reinvented themselves outside of the constraints of work, and those who would like to retire but can't because of financial constraints. He also turns to professionals on the matter, like two aging scientists, a geriatric specialist, and a psychiatrist, to understand the research-based reasons to retire.

With his trademark poignancy, wisdom, and humor, Lopez establishes a useful polemic for himself and others in planning ahead, as he also evaluates questions of identity, financial limitations, and ultimately what to do with your life when the obituary pages are no longer filled with strangers.



Author: Steve Lopez
Publisher: Harper Horizon
Published: 11/01/2022
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780785288725

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