Leisureville (ePub)
Adventures in a World Without Children
(Sprache: Englisch)
This revealing profile "disappears down the rabbit hole [into] the largest gated retirement community in the world" and what it discovers is "fascinating" (The New York Times).
When his next-door neighbors pick up and move from New England to an...
When his next-door neighbors pick up and move from New England to an...
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This revealing profile "disappears down the rabbit hole [into] the largest gated retirement community in the world" and what it discovers is "fascinating" (The New York Times).
When his next-door neighbors pick up and move from New England to an age-restricted "active adult" development in Florida called The Villages, Andrew D. Blechman is astonished by their stories-and determined to investigate. Sprawling across two zip codes, with a golf course for every day of the month, two downtowns, its own newspaper, radio, and TV station, The Villages is a prefab paradise for retired Baby Boomers, where "not having children around seems to free [them] to act like adolescents" (The New York Times).
In the critically acclaimed Leisureville, Blechman delves into this senior utopia, offering a hilarious firsthand report on everything from ersatz nostalgia to the residents' surprisingly active sex life. Blechman also traces the history of this phenomenon, travelling to Arizona to find out what pioneering developments like Sun City and Youngtown have become after decades of segregation.
Blending incisive social commentary and colorful reportage, "Blechman describes this brave new world with determined good humor and considerable bemusement" (Katherine A. Powers, The Boston Globe).
When his next-door neighbors pick up and move from New England to an age-restricted "active adult" development in Florida called The Villages, Andrew D. Blechman is astonished by their stories-and determined to investigate. Sprawling across two zip codes, with a golf course for every day of the month, two downtowns, its own newspaper, radio, and TV station, The Villages is a prefab paradise for retired Baby Boomers, where "not having children around seems to free [them] to act like adolescents" (The New York Times).
In the critically acclaimed Leisureville, Blechman delves into this senior utopia, offering a hilarious firsthand report on everything from ersatz nostalgia to the residents' surprisingly active sex life. Blechman also traces the history of this phenomenon, travelling to Arizona to find out what pioneering developments like Sun City and Youngtown have become after decades of segregation.
Blending incisive social commentary and colorful reportage, "Blechman describes this brave new world with determined good humor and considerable bemusement" (Katherine A. Powers, The Boston Globe).
Autoren-Porträt von Andrew D. Blechman
Andrew D. Blechman is the author Leisureville: Adventures in a World Without Children and Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird. His writing has appeared in numerous publications including the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the International Herald Tribune. He divides his time between Massachusetts and Germany.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Andrew D. Blechman
- 2009, 256 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Grove Press
- ISBN-10: 1555848443
- ISBN-13: 9781555848446
- Erscheinungsdatum: 14.07.2009
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“Eye-opening . . . If you are contemplating retirement or know anyone who is doing so, I urge you to read Leisureville. You will not find a better written, more entertaining or more insightful account of the myriad implications of the segregation of our society by age and income.” —Daily Kos“A disturbing portrait of the business of retirement-center development and the deracinated lifestyle it fosters.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Blechman has a laser eye for the tragicomic absurdities of all the fun, games, and wild sex in theme-park senior villages where Oz-like control is exercised by the developer and his minions. His mordant report from a strange land is consistently interesting.” —James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency
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