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48 AND COUNTING
A Story of Money, Love and Bicycling
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HAVE A NEW BOOK OUT and, no, it isn’t about personal finance. Instead, it’s my first stab at fiction.
As the novel's subtitle suggests, 48 and Counting is A Story of Money, Love and Bicycling. It traces amateur cyclist Max Whitfield through three eventful seasons as his marriage collapses and he loses control of his business. Unemployed and unsure what to do next, he throws himself into training for a 40-mile bicycle race.
Clare saw Max rise out of the seat. He was her 48-year-old father and yet, at that moment, he was somebody else entirely. The muscles in his arms were taut. His face and legs glistened with perspiration. As the bike leapt forward and gathered speed, he sat down, shifted into an easier gear and spun the pedals with a controlled fury. For a few brief seconds, the beauty was unmistakable.
Max's bike hurtled past the other two riders. A yawning gap immediately opened up. Max had his chance. He had broken free of the other two, who were now belatedly trying to respond, their suddenly feverish motion signaling how surprised they were. Max was 80 excruciating seconds from the finish line.
The book is available as a $9.99 paperback through Amazon.com and as a $3.99 e-book through both Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and has been favorably reviewed by WSJ.com, Cyclelicio.us, Women & Co. and BikeNoob.com. The book’s publication, however, doesn’t mean I’m giving up my day job (which, depending on what you think of the novel, might be a wise decision). I continue to do a heap of writing for Citi Personal Wealth Management—and many of those pieces are available on Citi.com. You might want to check out this list of articles. Meanwhile, I am also blogging every week or so for new.Citi.com.
And, of course, you can still buy my previous book, The Little Book of Main Street Money: 21 Simple Truths that Help Real People Make Real Money, which includes a foreword by William Bernstein and which was named one of SmartMoney's 10 best financial books of 2009. What’s the book all about? Take a look at the introduction.
Last updated: November 2012
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