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100	1		_aRothman, Rodney.
245	1	0	_aEarly bird / _cRodney Rothman.
250			_a1st Simon & Schuster pbk. ed.
260			_aNew York : _bSimon & Schuster Paperbacks, _c2006.
300			_a244 p. ; _c22 cm.
500			_a"A memoir of premature retirement"--Cover.
500			_aOriginally copyrighted: 2005.
520			_aEveryone says they would like to retire early, but Rodney Rothman actually did it -- forty years early. Burnt out, he decides at the age of twenty-eight to get an early start on his golden years. He travels to Boca Raton, Florida, where he moves in with an elderly piano teacher at Century Village, a retirement community that is home to thousands of senior citizens. Early Bird is an irreverent, hilarious, and ultimately warmhearted account of Rodney's journey deep into the heart of retirement. Rodney struggles for acceptance from the senior citizens he shares a swimming pool with and battles with cranky octogenarians who want him off their turf. Before long he observes, I don't think Tuesdays with Morrie would have been quite so uplifting if that guy had to spend more than one day a week with Morrie. In the spirit of retirement, Rodney fashions a busy schedule of suntanning, shuffleboard, and gambling cruises. As the months pass, his neighbors seem to forget that he is fifty years younger than they are. He finds himself the potential romantic interest of an aging femme fatale. He joins a senior softball club and is disturbed to learn that he is the worst player on the team. Early Bird is a funny, insightful, and moving look at what happens to us when we retire, viewed from a remarkably premature perspective. Any reader who plans on becoming an old person will enjoy joining Rodney on his strange journey, as he reconsiders his notions of romance, family, friendship, and ultimately, whether he's ever going back to work.
650		0	_aRetirement communities _zFlorida _vHumor.
650		0	_aRetirees _zFlorida _vHumor.
650		0	_aRetirement _vHumor.
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