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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
This is the story of two small-town former high school sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks. Now middle-aged, they have taken wildly divergent paths, but neither has lived the life they imagined, and neither can forget the passionate first love that forever altered their world. When they are both called back to their hometown for the funeral of the mentor who once gave them shelter, they will be forced to confront the choices each has made,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"After divorce shatters her family, one woman's struggle to pick up the pieces finally leads to a new beginning--but is the past truly behind her? #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber explores the powerful intersections of love and family in this poignant novel"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the New York Times' bestselling author of The Vacationers, a smart, highly entertaining novel about a tight-knit group of friends from college--their own kids now going to college--and what it means to finally grow up well after adulthood has set in. Friends and former college bandmates Elizabeth and Andrew and Zoe have watched one another marry, buy real estate, and start businesses and families, all while trying to hold on to the identities...
Publisher
Rebus
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
704 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A guide specifically aimed at the health concerns of people of the age of fifty is arranged alphabetically and outlines in detail specific warning signs, causes, diagnostic steps, and treatments in layperson language.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
237 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The author describes the erotic reawakening she experienced at midlife that completely derailed her family life and career, recounting how she attempted to reconnect with her husband and reconcile her teen past with the woman she became.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 256 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Studies keep showing that love after fifty is more satisfying than at any other stage in life, and it makes sense: at this stage, you are more emotionally stable and more focused on the present; you know what you absolutely have to have, but also what you can live without; partnering is no longer about building family and fortune—it’s about sharing intimacy as grounded individuals. And sex isn’t pass/fail anymore, but about becoming erotic friends. Love...
Series
Select editions large type volume 184 (June 2013)
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
509 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The best of me: Two former high school sweethearts meet again 25 years later and find that everything--and nothing--has changed.
Love in a nutshell: Kate Appleton has lost her job, her husband left her, and she's on the verge of losing her summer home. But to get a lot of money quickly, all she has to do is work for Matt Culhane by spying on his employees to figure out who has been sabotaging his business. And, of course, resist his charms along...
Author
Publisher
Workman Pub
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
ix, 325 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Until recently, most Americans equated the end of a successful career with the beginning of retirement. No more. Now they want to stay in the game (or better, change the game). They want to leave a mark. Make a difference, and continue to make money. From Encore.org, the leading organization in the field, comes a road map to every step of the encore career journey. Here's how to plan the transition. How much you need to make. The pros and cons of...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Devoted to the husband whose family took her in as an orphan, Ruth wonders about her choices and the life they will share when her husband retires as the head of a private boys' school to which the couple has given everything they have.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
267 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Losing a job is one of the most devastating events one can experience. For trauma, it ranks up there with divorce, loss of a loved one, or permanent personal injury, and it happens more often that one would think. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 50,000 workers are fired or laid off each day. That is over 18,000,000 workers each year.
Moving Forward in Mid-Career is a guide for workers who have been fired or laid off and...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 2011, when she was in her late fifties, author and journalist Joyce Maynard met the first true partner she had ever known. Jim wore a rakish hat over a good head of hair; he asked real questions and gave real answers; he loved to see Joyce shine, both in and out of the spotlight; and he didn't mind the mess she made in the kitchen. Before they met, both had believed they were done with marriage, and even after they married, Joyce resolved that...