Octopus Publishing Group Hardback English
The Little Instruction Book for Retirement
Tongue-in-Cheek Advice for the Newly Retired
By Kate Freeman
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It's time to celebrate the end of an era - and the start of a whole new one! Ah, retirement - from here on out it's all lazy lie-ins, pleasant afternoons in the garden (or the garden centre), long lunches with friends and evenings spent in a comfy chair in front of the fire, right? Wrong! Welcome to a world where you're halfway to the office before you realize you don't work there any more, you somehow seem to have even less free time than before to do all the things you need to do, and suddenly daytime TV seems a whole lot more appealing than it ever used to... This indispensable handbook, packed with amusing illustrations, is here to guide you through the pleasures and pitfalls of being retired. Most importantly, though, it'll teach you how to how to make sure you always get a decent afternoon nap. This book is perfect gift for retirees, offering tongue-in-cheek advice on how to make the most of their new-found freedom.
It's time to celebrate the end of an era - and the start of a whole new one!
Ah, retirement - from here on out it's all lazy lie-ins, pleasant afternoons in the garden (or the garden centre), long lunches with friends and evenings spent in a comfy chair in front of the fire, right?
Wrong! Welcome to a world where you're halfway to the office before you realize you don't work there any more, you somehow seem to have even less free time than before to do all the things you need to do, and suddenly daytime TV seems a whole lot more appealing than it ever used to...
This indispensable handbook, packed with amusing illustrations, is here to guide you through the pleasures and pitfalls of being retired. Most importantly, though, it'll teach you how to how to make sure you always get a decent afternoon nap.
This book is perfect gift for retirees, offering tongue-in-cheek advice on how to make the most of their new-found freedom.