Clive Whichelow 3 Book Set Retirement for Beginners, So You're 60, How to Survive Retirement

Retirement for Beginners, So You’re 60 and How to Survive Retirement form a three-book set by Clive Whichelow, each taking a light-hearted look at later life. Fully illustrated and written with a comic tone, the collection focuses on the shift from long-established routines to a new stage shaped by extra time and unexpected changes.

Across the set, the books touch on the freedoms and quirks of retirement and turning 60, from no longer being tied to early starts for work to finding new ways to fill the day. How to Survive Retirement frames this period as something that can be approached like a new job, while also poking fun at everyday habits, conversations and small “survival skills” for getting through the long stretch between breakfast and bedtime.

Included titles

• Retirement for Beginners
• So You’re 60
• How to Survive Retirement

Key details

• Three-book set by Clive Whichelow
• Fully illustrated humour collection
• Focuses on retirement and turning 60
• Includes a section on “survival skills” for retirement

Synopses

Retirement for Beginners

A fully illustrated, humorous guide to easing into retirement. It reflects on the sudden freedom after years of routine, from no longer being “bossed about” to adjusting to life without wages and without early starts for work.

So You’re 60

A comic take on reaching 60, offering congratulations with a loud, playful voice. It contrasts the realities of later life with a brighter outlook, touching on changing social occasions, everyday multitasking and the idea of “payback time” for past charitable giving.

How to Survive Retirement

A light-hearted look at the practical challenge of filling long days in retirement. It introduces “survival skills” such as “financial wizardry” and “sparkling conversation”, and suggests treating retirement like a new job, with regular complaining encouraged.