My Books

Reinventing Yourself in Your Retirement Years: Find Joy, Excitement, and Purpose After You Retire
     Have you retired or are about to and have no clue what to do next? Don’t succumb to isolation and depression as so many have. Not a one-size-fits-all approach, this book offers an individualized guide for retirees and seniors in this new stage of their life based on their own likes and comfort level. It offers ways to identify what might interest you and suggests numerous activities and pursuits as well as how and where to find them.
     The author learned the secret the hard way and finally transitioned from retired probation officer to actress, author, public speaker, and blogger. Audience members at her lectures on senior 
reinvention requested a book on the subject. Here are the content of those talks and six years of posts from her blog of the same name. Her lectures, blog, and this book are all titled the same: “Reinventing Yourself in Your Retirement Years.”
     Don’t waste away in an unfulfilling retirement. This book could have a major impact on the rest of your life.
     Book available on Amazon.com. Click here for book video clip by author. 

Adventures with Dad: A Father and Daughter’s Journey Through a Senior Acting Class (memoir)
     Author, Lee Gale Gruen (“Lee Gale” is her first name), had a 37-year career as a probation officer. After retiring at the age of 60, she started attending an acting class for seniors at a local, community program. A few weeks later her mother died, and she invited her grief-stricken father, age 85, to come to class with her.  This is the story of their magical journey attending that class together for three years, bonding more than ever. Lee Gale wrote the comedy scenes they performed onstage twice a year in the class showcases. Included in the book are all six scenes along with her motivation and the process of writing them, rehearsing them and gathering the props. The father/daughter team became a popular item, performing before adoring audiences.
     Lee Gale eventually transitioned into the world of professional acting. As her fledgling second career started going uphill, her dad’s health started going downhill. She would recount to him each of her new experiences while she sat beside his bed at the nursing home where he resided in his final years.
     This poignant comedy of the love and bond that grew between a father and daughter, both in their later life as they attended a senior acting class together, will resonate with retirees, baby boomers, seniors and their family members, friends and acquaintances everywhere.
     Book available on Amazon.com. Click here for book video interview of author. 

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AUTHOR’S WEBSITE: LeeGaleGruen.com