| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 33 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Johnny Heller. |
| Summary |
When his next-door neighbors in a quaint New England town suddenly pick up and move to a gated retired community in Florida called The Villages, Andrew Blechman is astonished by their stories, so he goes to investigate. Larger than Manhattan, with a golf course for every day of the month, two downtowns, its own newspaper, radio, and TV station, The Villages is a city of nearly one hundred thousand (and growing) missing only one thing: children. In the critically acclaimed Leisureville, Blechman delves into life in the senior utopia, offering a hilarious firsthand report on everything from ersatz nostalgia to the residents' surprisingly active sex life. But this is more than just a romp through a retirement paradise; Blechman traces the history of the age-segregated retirement phenomenon, and travels to Arizona to show what has happened to the pioneering developments after decades of segregation. A fascinating blend of serious history, social commentary, and hilarious, engaging reportage, Leisureville is an important book on a major, underreported trend. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Retirement communities -- United States.
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Retirement communities -- United States -- Humor.
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Retirees -- United States -- Humor.
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Retirement -- United States -- Humor.
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| Added Author |
Heller, Johnny.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781541494718 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1541494717 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12128124 |
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