An Afternoon With Frances Reeves and Teresa Rodríguez

***Please note: This event will take place at the Books & Books in Coral Gables at 265 Aragon Ave. Tickets are FREE and books will be available for purchase at the event.

This book offers Boomers and succeeding generations a fresh, positive perspective on living life after sixty. The genesis of this book, company, and movement, comes from my three-year journey with my parents at the end of their life. During that time, I had a ringside seat to the treatment of “seniors.” There is no 501(c)(3) that deals with the issues of growing old, there is no 800 number to call when you have questions about options if your circumstances change. More alarming is how the “senior industry” takes advantage of our older population’s ignorance. That is what motivated me to write the book. During the process, I realized that our culture paints seniors/elders as second-class citizens instead of what they are: wise, experienced people brimming with knowledge who are a source of prodigious guidance and counsel. I like most of the Boomer generation am in that world. I also watched Mom and Dad enter it and realized that had they not had a lawyer for a daughter there was a good chance they would have died penniless. I also have a husband who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
This book is for Boomers and GenXers. There is no discussion on “how to die,” the focus is on how to live. It is not medically focused, it’s not about dementia and/or family caregiving nor is it about how ‘tough’ it is to grow old’. It’s about being free to live your life your way. Today’s Boomer thinks 65 is the new 40 and this book validates how much fun it can be when the last kid leaves and the pets are gone. It educates, motivates and presents fabulous opportunities!

"Boomers Booming: How to Thrive After Sixty Five and Have Good Sex" is Frances' first book. It was inspired by her journey with her parents during their last three years of life. She watched in amazement as to how the "senior indusrial complex" did their best to ignore her parents and do as little for them as possible. In 2014 Frances began working with elders and their children who were facing life-changing decisions with no knowledge of what is available to them. She advocates for elders and through her law firm defends them against exploitation. She is the managing attorney of her Elder Law Firm which handles, estate planning, Medicaid planning and advocacy. She writes twice monthly columns for the Miami Community News and The Islander News. She has a monthly video blog devoted to Elders.Prior to practicing Elder Law, Frances hosted and interviewed Women of Distinction: Margaret Thatcher, Madeline Albright, Cokie Roberts, Jeanne Kirkpatrick, and Gloria Steinem.

Fifteen-time Emmy Award-winning journalist Teresa Rodríguez joined Univision in 1982 as co-anchor of the national newscast, becoming the first woman ever to host a national primetime Spanish language newscast in the United States. For over twenty years, she was the co-anchor of the primetime award-winning weekly newsmagazine program “Aquí y Ahora” (Here and Now), in which she covered investigative and consumer stories and interviewed leading newsmakers, politicians, and celebrities.
She is the recipient of a George Foster Peabody Award and a Silver Angel Award for Excellence in Media. She was named to the 2013 Power Women list by New York Moves Magazine and was recognized by The Hollywood Reporter for having one of the top 10 highest Q scores for Spanish-speaking U.S. Latinos. She was also honored with the Silver Circle Award from the Suncoast, Florida chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. In 2016, she received a GLAAD award for her special, “En Cuerpo Ajeno,” (“In a Foreign Body”), which examined the lives of four transgender individuals. In 2017 she won another GLAAD outstanding journalism award for her story on a well-known Venezuelan singer and her transgender son. Most recently, Teresa was recognized as “Journalist of the Year” at HPRA’s National ¡Bravo! Awards.

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