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    The Back Nine: Life Beyond Retirement
    The Back Nine: Life Beyond Retirement
    The Back Nine: Life Beyond Retirement
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    The Back Nine: Life Beyond Retirement

    By Doug Manning

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    Now in his eighties, Doug Manning is living with the choices and issues about aging and finding the healthiest and wisest path. He has found that too many people of his generation are becoming defeated by the frustrations of an aging body and mind and are just waiting until the end without purpose or a plan. The premise of The Back Nine: Life Beyond Retirement is that everyone can make choices as to how to face living the final years of life and he provides practical and personal suggestions for taking charge and living with intention, no matter the age.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJun 10, 2014
    ISBN9781892785879
    The Back Nine: Life Beyond Retirement
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    Doug Manning

    Doug Manning's career has included work as a minister, counselor, business executive, author, and publisher. He and his wife Barbara raised four daughters and served as long-term caregivers to three parents. After thirty years in ministry, Doug began a new career in 1982 writing, counseling, and leading seminars in grief and elder care. His publishing company, InSight Books, Inc., specializes in books, video, and audio productions designed to help people face some of life's toughest challenges. He sold his company in 2023 but continues to write and to also post on his blog, www.thehappyheretic.me. Doug's warm, conversational voice make his books read like a long conversation with a good friend.

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