DOLLY PARTON:  How she turned rags into riches

May / June 2009

 aarp
magazine
World's Largest Circulation Magazine


The power of elder wisdom

Maria Shriver on her dad's bravest battle


50 EASY
 TO
WAYS
SAVE CASH
NOW

GREAT
GETAWAYS
ONE TANK
OF GAS

plus

Surviving a crisis: Money experts tell you how


AARPTheMagazine
Features

Whether it's making an emergency aircraft landing or keeping a troubled kid grounded, nothing raises the odds of success more than experience. Andrew Evans, who mentors boys without father figures (such as Isaiah Jackson, above, with Evans), is proving it everyday. He's just one of six 50+ Americans who are using their well-honed instincts to guide, change, and—sometimes-save lives
 
Volume 52, Number 3A


INCLUDES:

Dear Jennie

 Lifestyle:  What a canine champ can teach us about chutzpah
    14 Entertainment Michael Caine on the roles he loves and his greatest show-biz irritation
    13 Trends: The hot new self-defense weapon is...a walking cane?
    19 Technology:  Digitize your photos in a snap
    20 Health:  Sharpen your memory with these four easy tricks
    23 Travel:    Try one of these jaw-dropping train trips
    25 Money:   When bankruptcy makes sense

Champion dog
  Memory tricks
Maria Shriver
  Medical screenings
One-tank road trips


NEWSMAKER
26 Maria Shriver
Moved by her father's illness, she shines a light on Alzheimer's disease—and
confronts her own fears By Jear~r<enorinMcDowen
PERSONAL FINANCE
27 The Thrifty5O
A wealth of clever ways to spend less—from you, our readers By SidKircl<beimer
HEALTH REPORT
32 Lifesaving Tests
Medical screenings you need, and a few you can probably skip ByDawnFaUUC
LIFE LESSONS
36 The Simplest Gift
On a trip to Nepal a writer discovers the magic in giving away what we hoard
for ourselves

 38 Dolly Parton
The grande dame of country music waxes witty and wise on rising from hardscrabble to high-on-the-hog
By Meg Grant
42 Surviving a Crisis
Disability, divorce, job loss—here's how to stay financially fit no matter what happens
By Kathy Kristof
48 Top Hospitals
Should you travel for medical treatment—or use your local docs? Here's how to know
By Sandra Boodman


    Art of Living
    59 Passions
    This guy finishes
    six ultra distance
    triathlons in five
    months at age 60.
 Is he nuts?
   
    Get to five fun
    places from five
    major cities
    on one tank of
    The Puzzle
    -A Confession
    Judith Viorst
    on her fiercest
    competitors
   
 Good Food
    A dinner-party

House's Hugh Laurie turns 50


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