For Canadian women over 60 who live alone
Feel more prepared.
One evening at a time.
A planned, plain-spoken guide to checking your home, asking for help and making a night plan you can keep beside the bed.
Large, readable type · Practical lists and questions
Digital edition · No subscription
PROPOSED COVER · DIGITAL EDITION
Read at your own pace
Keep them beside the phone
Planned one-time price
01 / FROM THE VIDEOS
A story worth
following through.
After Gord died, I realised how much of our nightly routine he had quietly taken care of. When my neighbour Walter walked around my house, I recognised the habits I wanted to learn for myself. This planned guide brings those questions and routines together, so you can work through them at your own pace.
The narrator and stories are fictional. They provide the setting for this educational guide.
02 / WHAT’S INCLUDED
Keep the useful
parts close.
- The Nightly Walk checklist, covering the habits discussed in the video
- A thirty-day plan to work through your home one room at a time
- Joan’s index card template for a night plan and a 911 call
- A shopping list with CAD prices, plus chapters on scams, coming home and going away
The chapter mentioned in the video
Chapter 2: The Nightly Walk
Included in the planned book, along with the complete chapter list below.
Each planned chapter closes with “Tonight”, with one thing to do and its cost in CAD.
03 / THE COMPLETE CHAPTER LIST
Safe at Home Alone
What My Neighbour, a Retired CSIS Officer, Taught Me About Keeping Burglars Out
- 01What Walter Saw
- 02The Nightly Walk
- 03The Knock
- 04Alarms Without Contracts
- 05Hard Targets
- 06Joan's Index Card
- 07Coming Home When Something Feels Off
- 08The Same Car Twice
- 09Going Away
- 10The Grandson Call
- 11Followed Home
- 12Strangers With a Reason to Come In
- 13Your Thirty-Day Plan
Plus the practical scripts, lists and templates described above, planned for the appendix.
THE DIGITAL EDITION
Safe at Home Alone
What My Neighbour, a Retired CSIS Officer, Taught Me About Keeping Burglars Out
Planned formats: print-friendly PDF and EPUB.
Read on your phone, tablet or computer.
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The book has not been written yet. This page previews the planned edition.
05 / BEFORE YOU BUY
A few straight
answers.
Can I buy the book now?
Not yet. This is a preview of the proposed landing page. The $34 buy button is a clearly marked checkout placeholder and cannot take payment.
Will a printed book be mailed to me?
The planned offer is digital: a PDF you can print and an EPUB for compatible reading apps. No physical book is included.
Can I make the text larger?
This page supports browser zoom. The planned EPUB will support adjustable text in compatible reading apps, and the PDF will use a readable print layout.
Is this professional advice?
General safety information, not professional advice. In an emergency, call 911. Diane, Walter and the stories are fictional; no CSIS affiliation or endorsement is claimed.