Dedication

pp iii-iv

Contents

pp v-v

Acknowledgements

pp vi-vii

Preface

pp viii-x

One - Retiring to the Costas: British women’s narratives of nostalgia, belonging and community

pp 1-14

Part 1 - Lives in context

pp 15-16

Two - Conceptualising, theorising and narrating retirement migration

pp 17-34

Three - Locating the women: macro, meso and micro contexts

pp 35-50

Four - Boundary spanning and reconstitution: retirement migration and the search for community

pp 51-62

Part 2 - Lived experiences

pp 63-64

Five - Leaving the UK: motives, agency and decision-making processes

pp 65-86

Six - Living in Spain: ‘idyllisation’ and realisation

pp 87-104

Seven - Belonging to networks: reconciling agency and positionalities

pp 105-128

Eight - Renegotiating family relationships: managing intimacy from a distance

pp 129-146

Nine - Locating ‘home’ and community: the end point of plot movement

pp 147-160

Conclusion - Nostalgia, belonging and community: linking time and space

pp 161-166

Afterword

pp 167-168

Notes

pp 169-172

References

pp 173-192

Index

pp 193-197