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The Adventures Of A Free Lunch Junkie by Earl Bronsteen is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Adventures Of A Free Lunch Junkie about?
Earl Bronsteen is a financially well-off senior citizen and a straight-laced Yale grad. But in 2010, he turned to a life of "crime," all because of an innocent enough piece of mail: an invitation to a free lunch seminar at The Cheesecake Factory sponsored by a company promoting reverse mortgages to senior citizens. In his satiric memoir, the author recounts his visits to 50 free lunch seminars. "The Adventures of a Free Lunch Junkie," chronicles ten months of his life as a freeloader and capitalizes on his most infamous quality: he's cheap. And to Earl the only thing better than 'cheap' is 'free. As a senior, Bronsteen qualifies for those free-lunch seminars the federal government warns the 50-and-older crowd to avoid. With more than six million in attendance at such events over the past few years, there are sure to be some who benefit from the services. (The author even admits to succumbing twice to the sales pitches.) But his quest is for the perfect free meal, not for information, and In his hegira he's seen it all, from fancy decorated dining rooms in expensive steakhouses to unadorned counters at buffet chains. The author shares the humor he observes in such events, which are
Who reads The Adventures Of A Free Lunch Junkie?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Earl Bronsteen
- Publisher
- Earl Bronsteen
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781458123787
- Category
- nonfiction
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