Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
The 5 Years Before You Retire, Updated Edition
Emily Guy Birken · 2021
78/100
👍 Worth It
Penny loved how this one respects your time in the final stretch before retirement — real worksheets, real timelines, and it doesn't skip the unglamorous stuff like Medicare enrollment windows and disability planning. It won't teach you to pick stocks, but that's not the job it signed up for.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety95
Substance / usefulness78
Craft & writing80
Originality62
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers85
Age-fit90
Human-eye read78
Penny’s verdict78
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