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Description
In this hilarious and insightful memoir twenty-five-year-old Rodney Rothman, burned out from his big-city life, decides to get a jumpstart on the golden years...four decades before his time. He retires and moves to South Florida and finds an elderly roommate, Leslie, a former piano teacher... read more
Memorable Quotes
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“I don't think retirement has made me soft. In fact, I think it was working that made me soft. It's not like I did all that much when I had a seventy-hour-a-week job. I was "at work." I wasn't working. If anything, I was just making compulsive lists of things that I needed to do so that I would run out of time to do them. I'm still confused about that: How can you be overworked and underemployed at the same time? - p.42”
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“I'd forgotten the best part about working: how it feels when you finish working. The relief. Relief is the closest thing to happiness I know. I miss that feeling. In its own twisted way, it's the best argument yet for going back to work. p. 188”
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First Sentence
I LOST MY JOB IN JANUARY.
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Authors & Contributors
- Rodney Rothman (Author)
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