Kirjahaku

This short novel shares all the personal highs and lows of one B.C. teacher and her husband upon entering into retirement. It is a humorous look at elderly parent care, selling the family home, dealing with disgruntled siblings and estates, and suddenly finding yourselves alone together. It examines all the scary pitfalls of having too much time on your hands after working full-time since forever. Hopefully, everyone will see a little of themselves in this story, as we all must face the universality of life's inevitable phases. Will you laugh at yourself and make the most of it? Or will you just shrivel up into the fetal position and cry? That is the dilemma we must all face as we approach age sixty.

This short novel shares all the personal highs and lows of one B.C. teacher and her husband upon entering into retirement. It is a humorous look at elderly parent care, selling the family home, dealing with disgruntled siblings and estates, and suddenly finding yourselves alone together. It examines all the scary pitfalls of having too much time on your hands after working full-time since forever. Hopefully, everyone will see a little of themselves in this story, as we all must face the universality of life's inevitable phases. Will you laugh at yourself and make the most of it? Or will you just shrivel up into the fetal position and cry? That is the dilemma we must all face as we approach age sixty.

Seven lifelong friends from California meet along their journey to adulthood and fall into committed relationships. Andrea and Paul meet after university growing marijuana in the Golden Triangle. Andrea is protected by her dead brother's ghost, who watches over whenever she's in danger. Four of them build a construction company and the other three work in the entertainment industry. Together, they decide to retire, live communally in New Mexico, and grow marijuana and ginger. They are joined by an eighth member along the way to become four couples. Together, they build a homestead, complete with four houses, a greenhouse, yoga studio and cutting shed for their harvest. Relationships are tried and tested by external pressures, which threaten to destroy their communal life. Children and grandchildren come and go to create a dynamic unit. Will their lifestyle turn into a hippy pipedream or a happy ending?