Boomer: The Story of the Baby Boomer Generation: 1946 -2025

by Patrick Alexander

Overview

Boomer tells the story of a generation born in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War and whose members, the Baby Boomers, are now in their mid to late seventies. It is a generation that has experienced more technological, social, and cultural changes than any other in history. The austerity and rationing of the boring grey fifties were followed by the sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll of the swinging sixties. After the endless industrial strife and international terrorist attacks of the seventies, and the sunny optimism of Reagan and Thatcher's eighties, the Boomers finally took control in the nineties under Clinton and Blair. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the promise of the emerging new technologies and social media, the baby Boomers were leading us to a truly brave new world. But sadly, the promise of a new century seems to have only brought us 9/11, AIDS, Covid, red v blue states, Brexit, MAGA and the Donald.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798341887299
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	02/03/2025
Pages:	418
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.85(d)

About the Author

Patrick Alexander-Lane is an English born writer who has raised his children in France, Italy, Switzerland, Ireland, and California before settling in Miami, Florida. He has worked on four continents as an international financial consultant, a corporate executive and as a university teacher and administrator. These wildly different experiences inspired a series of short stories published in the UK by Lume Books.

Patrick's most recent book is BOOMER which tells the story of the Baby Boom generation and covers the social, cultural, political and economic history of Britain and the USA from 1946 till 2024; from Churchill and the Beatles to Covid, Brexit and Trump.

When not visiting his grandchildren in France and South Carolina, Patrick, his wife Jude and their dog Dylan live in Miami where he teaches classes in Wine Appreciation, History and Marcel Proust.

Patrick's website is www.GablesWine.com