When It Rains
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When It Rains ~
You know how the saying ends. But this season isn't for sitting and waiting for rain; it's time to call it down.
Pardna, sou-sou, the higgler's ledger: Caribbean women have always built economies outside the ones that excluded them, and the first obligation inside that economy is to become literate. This is the season we read to act.
Investing, saving, understanding the account. In a culture working hard to convince women that dependence is softness and finding a provider is a plan.
This conversation won’t be easy; we’ll discuss how we move beyond the individual hustle into the community supporting financial capacity that this season argues for.
When It Rains-
How to Be a Rich Old Lady is a step-by-step road map to financial freedom. It's not just about numbers on a spreadsheet but building a life that feels secure enough to dream into. Maybe your Rich Old Lady is wearing belly chains at the beach, tanned and wrinkly and totally unbothered. Maybe she's befriending the birds at her cozy forest cabin. Maybe she's leaving $500 tips on her diner coffee. Whatever your vision, this approachable guide to investing and wealth-building will help you build a plan to greet her with confidence, security, and genuine hope for tomorrow.
Anchor Text: How To Be A Rich Old Lady
THIS SEASON’S EVENTS
Oct 17 Free entry · Space is limited · The RWL Library in Norwood Kingston
An evening in the RWL Library among the books, the people, and the question this season is asking. Books on display and available to borrow. Fruits on the table. One provocation worth your time. Come for an hour. Leave with a book and a reason to return.
Exact location in Norbrook sent after ticket is booked.
Sunday, December 6 4 PM
Already An RWL Patron? Patron Members Attend for Free
Join us for an evening of guided conversation, close reading, and community. Each salon is built around a seasonal theme drawn from Caribbean feminist literature and thought.
Your ticket includes entry to the salon and a copy of the Season’s commissioned newsletter, The Verandah Post.
THIS SEASON’S ANCHOR TEXT
How To Be A Rich Old Lady
by Amanda Holden
A life-changing path to the financial freedom we all deserve: How to Be a Rich Old Lady is filled with humor, heart, and real-world perspective.
Amanda Holden spent years working in investment management, where she saw exactly who gets access to the power, ease, and opportunity money can bring--and it wasn't people like her friends. She also saw how the financial system is designed to feel exclusive and confusing, and how it blames individuals for economic problems they didn't create. So, Amanda left her finance job to launch Invested Development, a financial education company where she has taught more than twenty-five thousand students how to invest with radical clarity, accessibility, and joy.
Here, all her expertise is packed into a guide that won't feel like getting cornered by a crypto bro. Instead, it reads like a text from your smartest friend: "Let's figure out money, so we can stop thinking about money." Because this practice isn't just about planning for your wild and glorious future--it's about the relief of knowing you're doing everything you can right now. In these pages, you will:
Set up a fully automated investing strategy--so you can move on with your life
Use hands-on tools and worksheets to guide you to financial independence
Learn about investing in a way that is truly memorable
Demystify retirement accounts and tax rules
Learn who to trust in the finance world--and who to avoid
Master how to research, buy, and track the right investments for you
Explore what it means to live a wild, beautiful life
How to Be a Rich Old Lady is a step-by-step road map to financial freedom. It's not just about numbers on a spreadsheet but building a life that feels secure enough to dream into. Maybe your Rich Old Lady is wearing belly chains at the beach, tanned and wrinkly and totally unbothered. Maybe she's befriending the birds at her cozy forest cabin. Maybe she's leaving $500 tips on her diner coffee. Whatever your vision, this approachable guide to investing and wealth-building will help you build a plan to greet her with confidence, security, and genuine hope for tomorrow.
Every season we gather. We bring the books we've been sitting with and the questions we haven't said out loud yet. We read together, argue carefully, and leave with something we didn't arrive with.
The Rebel Women Lit Salon is that gathering. You're invited.