The Boomer Burden: Dealing with Your Parents’ Lifetime Accumulation of Stuff
Releases June 2008

(Nashville, Tenn.) Every day approximately forty-eight hundred baby boomers become middle-aged orphans when their elderly parents pass away, leaving behind a lot more than just memories. Now what?

You’ve heard the horror stories: arguments over stuff . . . an inheritance lost forever when an easily deceived parent is scammed . . . siblings estranged . . . an adult heir taken from daily responsibilities for months because of the enormous task of emptying a childhood home.
It doesn’t have to be that way for you.

The Estate Lady®, professional estate liquidator Julie Hall, knows what to do. Whether your parents are still alive or you’re in the middle of a crisis, The Boomer Burden has solutions. Hall provides trustworthy counsel on how to:

• divide your parents’ estate with peace of mind
• minimize fighting with siblings during the estate settlement process
• clear out the family home in ten days or less
• identify potential items of value in the home
• have “that conversation” with your parents
• prepare your own children for the future
• be ethical during the entire process to keep the peace

The Estate Lady® offers guidance for any executor, heir, or beneficiary, sharing some of her most fascinating stories as well as helpful checklists of the things that need to be done now and at the time of your loss. If you have parents, this book is for you. The Boomer Burden gives you practical, effective steps for liquidating and distributing your parents’ assets in a way that both honors them and promotes family harmony for generations to come.

Author Julie Hall states, “The Boomer Burden offers trustworthy council for one of life’s most overwhelming challenges-the infirmity and death of a boomer’s parents. Grueling as that is, they are then faced with the daunting task of dividing the estate contents and finally clearing out the family home, totally unprepared for the battles ahead. The Boomer Burden will lead the reader through heart wrenching and heartwarming scenarios that will truly touch their hearts. It offers support and guidance during these times and was specifically written to instill hope and peace where there is little or none. It will assist the reader from beginning to end; what to do, what not to do, and how to do it all in the most appropriate manner. Taking a client from a place of confusion and worry and bringing them back to a place of peace and comfort is the goal of this book.”

About the Author: Julie Hall, known as The Estate Lady®, is a professional estate liquidator and certified personal property appraiser. With more than seventeen years experience with clients from the southeastern United States, she has assisted thousands of individuals in the daunting and often painful process of managing their deceased parents’ affairs. In addition to her hands-on experience with clients, she is a speaker to civic groups, businesses, churches, and professional organizations. Julie is also a consultant for those in need of advice in the midst of crisis. She has written a monthly column “Ask The Estate Lady®” and taught college courses on “Identifying valuables in your home and attic.” Julie resides in Charlotte, NC, with her husband and daughter.

Contact: Beth Hood
Senior Publicist
tel: (615) 902-2742
fax: (615) 902-2129
e-mail: bhood@ThomasNelson.com

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