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In this book, an award-winning journalist tells the story of people devising innovative ways to live as they approach retirement, options that ensure they are surrounded by a circle of friends, family, and neighbors. Based on visits and interviews at many communities around the country, Beth Baker weaves a rich tapestry of grassroots alternatives, some of them surprisingly affordable-- an affordable mobile home cooperative in small-town Oregon-- a senior artists colony in Los Angeles-- neighbors helping neighbors in "Villages" or "naturally occurring retirement communities"-- intentional cohousing communities-- best friends moving in together-- multigenerational families that balance togetherness and privacy-- niche communities including such diverse groups as retired postal workers, gays and lesbians, and Zen Buddhists.