The Number What Do You Need for the Rest of Your Life and What Will It Cost?

Do you know what your "number" is? It's the amount you need for your nest egg. Have you saved enough? Can you save enough?The Numberoffers an intriguing and entertaining tour -- of wealth gurus, life coaches, and financial advisers, and our hopes and fears for the future -- to explore the secrets of the Number. The result is a provocative field guide to your psyche and finances, and an urgently useful book for anyone over thirty.The Numberwill help you think about the kind of life you want, and the kind of help you need to achieve it.

Lee Eisenberg, most recently the author of Shoptimism: Why the American Consumer Will Keep on Buying No Matter What (2013). The Number was a New York Times bestseller and was cited by Business Week as one of the best books of the year. Eisenberg is also the former editor in chief of Esquire. Under his stewardship the magazine won National Magazine Awards across a number of writing and design categories. He currently lives in Chicago.