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Project Escape : Lessons for an Unscripted Life by Lucinda Jackson (2022, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherShe Writes Press

ISBN-101647424038

ISBN-139781647424039

eBay Product ID (ePID)17050091973

Product Key Features

Book TitleProject Escape : Lessons for an Unscripted Life

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLife Stages / Later Years, Personal Memoirs, General, Australia & Oceania

Publication Year2022

GenreFamily & Relationships, Travel, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorLucinda Jackson

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2021-918918

Reviews"With deep honesty and humor, Jackson took me on a journey of discovery: not only of another 'world' in the culture of the island country of Palau but also of herself--and of her long-term marriage. . . . This book celebrates self-reflection, rediscovery, adventure, acceptance, and love. It is an exciting, evocative, hope-filled journey not to be missed!" --Margaret Davis Ghielmetti, author of Brave(ish): A Memoir of a Recovering Perfectionist "Jackson decided against golf and cruises and chose a volunteer adventure in an 'island paradise' as a mature Peace Corps volunteer, selling her husband on her dream. Hidden within this great story--like the dog's pill in the peanut butter--is a five-phase methodology for planning for one of life's biggest events: retirement. I will recommend her book in my retirement workshops for the many men and women who so intimately mix self and career in career-centric lives--not just for the methodology but also for the entertaining story of self-imposed loss and ultimate personal discovery." --Dr. Bill Carroll, Certified Professional Retirement Coach and adjunct professor at Indiana University, Bloomington, "[An] articulate. . . engaging. . . intriguing, emotion-filled memoir that chronicles a challenging, humorous and often chaotic post-retirement journey to a life of reimagined possibilities and fulfillment; will especially appeal to those pondering major life changes." -- Kirkus Reviews "With deep honesty and humor, Jackson took me on a journey of discovery: not only of another 'world' in the culture of the island country of Palau but also of herself--and of her long-term marriage. . . . This book celebrates self-reflection, rediscovery, adventure, acceptance, and love. It is an exciting, evocative, hope-filled journey not to be missed!" --Margaret Davis Ghielmetti, author of Brave(ish): A Memoir of a Recovering Perfectionist "Jackson decided against golf and cruises and chose a volunteer adventure in an 'island paradise' as a mature Peace Corps volunteer, selling her husband on her dream. Hidden within this great story--like the dog's pill in the peanut butter--is a five-phase methodology for planning for one of life's biggest events: retirement. I will recommend her book in my retirement workshops for the many men and women who so intimately mix self and career in career-centric lives--not just for the methodology but also for the entertaining story of self-imposed loss and ultimate personal discovery." --Dr. Bill Carroll, Certified Professional Retirement Coach and adjunct professor at Indiana University, Bloomington

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal306.38092

SynopsisLucinda Jackson, a harried scientist and business executive, sets off to make a break from her corporate decades and have an "extraordinary" retirement. She launches into a five-phase "Project Escape," complete with a vision, goals, and a scorecard of success to deliver this next chapter. Soon, Jackson and her semi-reluctant husband of thirty years are off as volunteers to the government of the Pacific island country of Palau. But while Jackson got the girl out of the corporation, even the jolt of Palau can't fully get the corporation out of the girl. As she struggles through self-examination around purpose, identity, ego, marriage, and parenthood after years of investing so much in career, Jackson gradually learns who she is again. Whether you're thinking ahead to retirement or are already there, Project Escape provides an unvarnished but ultimately encouraging reference in navigating the "post-career" era., Trading in her hard-hitting, structured career life, Lucinda Jackson sets out for what she hopes is a purposeful, unscripted next act in a far-away island country. Adolescence, middle-age crisis--those eras are child's play. Retirement is the real challenge., Adolescence, the middle-age crisis years-those eras are child's play. Retirement, especially for the new wave of decades-long career women, is the real challenge, while Lucinda Jackson, a harried scientist and business executive, gets the girl out of the corporation at age sixty-six, even the jolt of moving as a volunteer to the island country of Palau can't fully get the corporation out of the girl. She struggles through self-examination around purpose, identity, ego, money, and marriage after years of investing so much in her job. Book jacket.

LC Classification NumberHQ1062