Leisureville

Blechman's immersive reporting on The Villages raises genuinely important questions about what aging in America looks like when millions of people opt out of intergenerational community — and he cares enough about individual residents to resist turning them into caricatures. The author's skepticism is legible throughout, which shapes the portrait, and the frank discussion of senior sexual culture makes this strictly an adult read. For readers interested in aging, civic life, or American social structure, it is well worth the time.