{"product_id":"the-joy-of-retirement-for-turtle-and-tides-press-9798181332812","title":"The Joy of Retirement for Women: A Feel-Good, Practical Guide to Your First Year and Your Brilliant Next Chapter. Solo or Side by Side","description":"Retirement isn't the end of your story. It's the chapter where you finally hold the pen.\u003cp\u003eThe leaving lunch was lovely. The speeches were kind. And now it's ten o'clock on a Tuesday morning, the tea has gone cold, and you're wondering why you feel slightly lost despite getting exactly what you wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou are not doing retirement wrong. You are adjusting - and adjustment takes longer than a leaving lunch.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost retirement books talk about money. This one talks about everything else: identity, friendship, purpose, fun, adventure, and the quiet, radical permission to enjoy a life with space in it. Whether you are retiring with a partner, single, or simply doing this chapter alone, and following the natural rhythm of your first 365 days, Betty Darwin - who retired from a thirty-year career and spent six months convinced she'd made a terrible mistake (until she hadn't) - walks beside you month by month.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside this warm, funny, practical guide: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe First Month\u003c\/b\u003e - surviving the strange freedom, the urge to reorganise cupboards, and the first Monday with nowhere to be\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMonths Two to Six\u003c\/b\u003e - enjoying what you have without a single spreadsheet, finding your people, and purpose without a payslip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Joy List\u003c\/b\u003e - rediscovering what you actually want, after forty years of being too busy to ask\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFlying Solo (and Loving the View)\u003c\/b\u003e - a full chapter for women retiring on their own: widowed, divorced, or single by choice. Not a pity chapter. A freedom chapter.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMonths Seven to Twelve\u003c\/b\u003e - adventures big and small, and designing year two on your own terms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Try This Week\" boxes\u003c\/b\u003e in every chapter - small, doable steps that turn ideas into a life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat you won't find: \u003c\/b\u003e pension calculations, investment strategies, exercise regimes, or a deadline to reinvent yourself by Christmas. You've met enough deadlines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe perfect retirement gift\u003c\/b\u003e for a colleague, friend, sister, or mum - or for yourself, on an ordinary weekday afternoon, because retirement has suddenly become real and you'd quite like someone to tell you what actually happens next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour best days aren't behind you. They're yours. \u003cb\u003eScroll up and start your brilliant next chapter today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Turtle And Tides Press,Betty Darwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798181332812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Turtle And Tides Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852989149439,"sku":"9798181332812","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-joy-of-retirement-for-turtle-and-tides-press-9798181332812","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}