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The Bonus Years

Phyllis Hall

Product Description

The first book to explore how the "Greatest Generation of Women" are spending the final chapters of their lives told in the voices of 100 diverse women born between 1914 and 1934.

Review

"Hall has broken new ground. Most importantly she has given an invisible segment of society presence and personality." -- Centre Daily Times, State College PA

About the Author

Phyllis Hall was a professional actress in her teens, a comedy writer in her twenties, and a programmer and systems analyst in her thirties. After a seven-year absensce from the workforce, she started a career in publishing as an editor at Prentice-Hall. She became a senior vice president at Pergamon Press in 1983 and Director of Publising for the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) in 1990. She retired in 1995. The Bonus Years is her first book.

GenresOlder womenUnited StatesWomenRetirement

258 pages

English edition · First published 2002 by Miranda Press · ISBN 9780971587014

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