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Gringos in Paradise An American Couple Builds Their Retirement Dream House in a Seaside Village in Mexico

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ISBN-10: 0743276361

ISBN-13: 9780743276368

Edition: N/A

Authors: Barry Golson

List price: $19.99
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A Year in ProvencemeetsMr. Blandings Builds His Dream Housein this lively and entertaining account of a couple's year building their dream house in Mexico. In 2004, Barry Golson wrote an award-winning article forAARPmagazine about Mexican hot spots for retirees longing for a lifestyle they couldn't afford in the United States. A year later, he and his wife Thia were taking part in the growing trend of retiring abroad. They sold their Manhattan apartment, packed up their SUV, and moved to one of those idyllic hot spots, the surfing and fishing village of Sayulita on Mexico's Pacific coast. With humor and charm, Golson details the year he and his wife spent settling into their new life and…    
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Book details

List price: $19.99
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 12/9/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English

Barry Golson tried to retire, but put it on hold to launch a travel website for Forbes.com. He and his wife Thia are also researching a new book on living abroad to be called Retirement Without Borders. Golson is a former editor of the Playboy interviews, TV Guide, and Yahoo! Internet Life. He has written for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Ski, and Salon. His article for AARP on Mexico won a Lowell Thomas award. He and Thia divide their time between New York and Sayulita, and look forward someday to re-retiring.