55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Life
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster (January 28, 2020)
Length: 272 pages
ISBN13: 9781501196836
Business & Economics > Personal Finance > Retirement Planning
Self-Help > Personal Growth > Self-Esteem
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“We all know someone who is struggling financially and uncertain about their future. For practical solutions and a comforting shoulder, I highly recommend 55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal. Gems for everyone no matter your age.”
– Viola Davis
“Simultaneously a terrifying wake-up call and a heartening, idea-filled guide to navigating the new realities so many of us face or will face.”
– Kate Tuttle, The Los Angeles Times
“This relevant and well-researched book will appeal not only to those 55 plus, but to the generation coming right behind them who may face similar issues.”
– Booklist (starred review)
This is a wake-up call and survival guide for boomer-age Americans who find themselves out of work and financially incapable of retiring. It offers strategies and resources for a slimmed-down, hopeful roadmap for the future.
Who Should Buy This Book?
You’re in your fifties or sixties and have saved nothing or not nearly enough to retire. You don’t want to be blamed or shamed about it. Too late for that. What you want to know is whether there’s anything you can do now to intercept the precarious financial path you’re on. Are there actions you can take (or not take) to have a shot at a decent fourth quarter. With links to over 100 online resources, Faking Normal offers a dignified roadmap for survival and a path forward.
Raves and Reviews
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“We all know someone who is struggling financially and uncertain about their future. For practical solutions and a comforting shoulder, I highly recommend 55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal. Gems for everyone no matter your age.”
– VIOLA DAVIS
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“Elizabeth White has brought to light the unexpected challenges of Boomers turning the corner into older age. She offers straight talk to her generation while giving everyone an eye-opening look at the travails of aging out of relevance in America.”
– VICKI ROBIN, AUTHOR OF YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE AND BLESSING THE HANDS THAT FEED US
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“This relevant and well-researched book will appeal not only to those 55 plus, but to the generation coming right behind them who may face similar issues.”
– DYLAN SCHLEICHER, 800-CEO-READ
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Elizabeth White's story is poignant and powerful. And, her new book is a fierce, insightful rallying call for both personal resilience and political action. 55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal is a tale of our age and our aging and it's one of my favorite books on the subject of midlife and beyond
– CHIP CONLEY, HOSPITALITY ENTREPRENEUR AND AUTHOR OF WISDOM@WORK: THE MAKING OF A MODERN ELDER
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“Elizabeth White has brought to light the unexpected challenges of Boomers turning the corner into older age. She offers straight talk to her generation while giving everyone an eye-opening look at the travails of aging out of relevance in America.”
– KATE TUTTLE, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
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“Every so often someone names an invisible pattern in society with such honesty and accuracy that it becomes a seed of a national conversation. Elizabeth White has brought to light the unexpected challenges of Boomers turning the corner into older”
– PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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Elizabeth White's book “55 Underemployed and Faking Normal” skillfully outlines many of the challenges that older adults face today both financially and in the workforce. Greater longevity brings many benefits but can also create financial obstacles to be overcome. Elizabeth not only shares her moving personal story,but also provides a terrific list of resources to be called upon in later life.
– KEN DYCHTWALD, FOUNDER AND CEO OF AGE WAVE AND THE BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF BODYMIND AND AGE WAVE
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White’s honesty and practical advice tempered with sincere compassion by encouraging us to be kind to ourselves in spite of our “wouldas, couldas, shouldas”, make this book unique and valuable. Her thorough research with detailed lists of services and resources make it a go-to must have guidebook for anyone now or soon senior dealing with the stress of an inadequate safety net in the face of an uncertain future.
– ADELE FIELD CAREER PIVOT
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55 Unemployed and Faking Normal is required reading for all those who fear the finances of longer lives and the job market rife with age discrimination-- In other words, everyone get a copy and breathe a little bit easier; This book doubles as a life-saving device!
– MARC FREEDMAN PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ENCORE.ORG AUTHOR “HOW TO LIVE FOREVER: THE ENDURING POWER OF CONNECTING THE GENERATIONS.