“An authentic story told with clarity, humor and grace. A book that felt like a conversation. A conversation that got me thinking. What a gift!” —Reader Review
In the next decade, millions of baby boomers will face retirement and questions about how they want to spend their remaining years. Increasingly, they turn to Continuing Care Retirement Communities, which provide housing, activities, and a continuum of medical care. There are almost 2,000 CCRCs in the United States today, serving more than half a million people, and that number is increasing.
Margery Fridstein and her husband, Bob, were among them. My Last Stop is her intimate, clear, funny, and informative memoir about the ups and downs of living in what she calls “a dry-docked cruise ship.”
But it’s more than a personal story. It’s also a valuable resource for seniors and their families considering their own options for aging well.
“Open the book and it will feel like you are sitting in a yellow, sun-dappled kitchen chatting with author Margery Fridstein. The writing is so clear and engaging that it feels like she is right there listening to you. Calling this a ‘self-help’ book might be technically true. There are very practical suggestions sprinkled across the pages. But the real gift of this story is that it really is a personal story. A personal story meant to be shared.”--Reader Review
“I finished reading Margery Fridstein’s excellent, insightful book today. I plan to buy 10 more copies to give to my young upcoming leaders in our senior living design group. “My Last Stop” will give them a much clearer idea of whom they are designing for, thoughtful insights about what how seniors live, and the importance of well planned and operated senior living facilities in providing a high quality of life for aging adults. She must have been quite a person.” —L Bradford Perkins, Chairman of PERKINS EASTMAN (architecture firm)
Margery Fridstein passed away in 2016 after a brief illness, while her manuscript was being shopped to publishers by her agent. Her children honored her desire to share it with the world and published it posthumously.