{"product_id":"the-solo-series-widowed-or-divorced","title":"The Solo Series: Widowed or Divorced","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe income, the paperwork, and the care. All of it has one name on it now.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA marriage ends — by a death certificate or by a decree — and the retirement you had been planning quietly stops existing. It was built on two Social Security records, two sets of hands, and an unspoken assumption about who would handle things if you couldn't. All of that is a question with your name on it now, and the questions arrive together, while you are least able to research anything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe benefits you are owed, the person who signs if you can't, and the care somebody has to arrange. Three paperbacks, one parcel, free US shipping. Start with the money — the rest is priced off it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy the benefit you take first may not be the one you keep.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePut who may act for you in writing while it's still your call.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat the care costs — and who runs it when you're alone.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild a backup network for health, money, housing, and care.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlan for aging without assuming a spouse or child steps in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree complete books, one reality: the plan is yours to build.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuestions people ask\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's actually in the bundle?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAll three paperbacks, shipped together in one parcel: Social Security for Widows \u0026amp; Divorced Women (132 pages), Solo Aging (146 pages) and Long-Term Care on Your Own (294 pages), all 5.5x8.5. They are the same editions sold separately — nothing is abridged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich one should I read first?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Social Security book, and not because it is first on the cover. What you claim, and when, sets the income the rest of the plan is built on — including what you will be able to afford when care is the bill. Solo Aging comes next, because naming a healthcare agent takes an afternoon and cannot be done retroactively. Long-Term Care on Your Own is the research, and it is the one to read while nothing is urgent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI'm divorced, not widowed. Is half of the first book wasted?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNo — it splits at that fork and works each side to the end, so you read your half and skip the other. The divorced-spouse side is the one more people get wrong: the 10-year line, the 2-year rule, and the belief that claiming on an ex's record cuts his check or gets him told. It doesn't, and he isn't.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThree Paperback Books · 572 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eEducational information only — not legal, financial, medical, or tax advice.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retirement In Order","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44398270808167,"sku":"y29zpp","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/7312\/8039\/files\/the-solo-series-widowed-or-divorced-thumb_7263b14e-73f4-4c0c-881c-427cc2b9b491.png?v=1788725941","url":"https:\/\/shop.retirementinorder.com\/products\/the-solo-series-widowed-or-divorced","provider":"Retirement In Order","version":"1.0","type":"link"}