Silver alert
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"The story of an elderly man who, rather than give up his independence, heads off on a joyride with a new young friend"--
Herb's charmed life with his dear wife, Susan, in their Key West house is coming undone. Susan, in her seventies, now needs constant care, and Herb is in denial about his own ailing health. The one bright spot is the arrival of an endlessly optimistic manicurist calling herself Renee. She sings to Susan during manicures, gets her to paint, and brings her a much-needed sense of contentment. But then Herb and Susan's adult children arrive to stage an intervention on their stubborn, independent father, and as a consequence, Renee's gig with Susan--and her grand plans for her own life--start to unravel as well. Herb isn't ready to let go of all that he has ever had, and it turns out that Renee is not the happy, uncomplicated girl she pretends to be. She is not even Renee; she is really Dee Dee, and she, too, has reasons of her own to hit the road. So, when Herb suggests one last joy ride in his Porsche with Dee Dee riding shotgun, they light out for parts north, setting off a Silver Alert. As the unlikely friendship between Herb and Dee Dee deepens, we see how one life opens up as another is closing down. The time Dee Dee has spent--with Susan, in Key West, in the Porsche with elderly Herb--reveals to her how much more truly lies ahead.
Herb's charmed life with his dear wife, Susan, in their Key West house is coming undone. Susan, in her seventies, now needs constant care, and Herb is in denial about his own ailing health. The one bright spot is the arrival of an endlessly optimistic manicurist calling herself Renee. She sings to Susan during manicures, gets her to paint, and brings her a much-needed sense of contentment. But then Herb and Susan's adult children arrive to stage an intervention on their stubborn, independent father, and as a consequence, Renee's gig with Susan--and her grand plans for her own life--start to unravel as well. Herb isn't ready to let go of all that he has ever had, and it turns out that Renee is not the happy, uncomplicated girl she pretends to be. She is not even Renee; she is really Dee Dee, and she, too, has reasons of her own to hit the road. So, when Herb suggests one last joy ride in his Porsche with Dee Dee riding shotgun, they light out for parts north, setting off a Silver Alert. As the unlikely friendship between Herb and Dee Dee deepens, we see how one life opens up as another is closing down. The time Dee Dee has spent--with Susan, in Key West, in the Porsche with elderly Herb--reveals to her how much more truly lies ahead.
Subjects
Subjects
Automobile travel
Automobile travel -- Fiction
Cancer
Cancer -- Patients -- Fiction
Caregivers
Caregivers -- Fiction
Elderly men
Elderly men -- Fiction
Florida -- Fiction
Intergenerational relations
Intergenerational relations -- Fiction
Intergenerational relationships
Interpersonal relations
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
Large print books
Large type books
Novels
Older men
Older men -- Fiction
Patients
Road fiction
Automobile travel -- Fiction
Cancer
Cancer -- Patients -- Fiction
Caregivers
Caregivers -- Fiction
Elderly men
Elderly men -- Fiction
Florida -- Fiction
Intergenerational relations
Intergenerational relations -- Fiction
Intergenerational relationships
Interpersonal relations
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
Large print books
Large type books
Novels
Older men
Older men -- Fiction
Patients
Road fiction
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9781643752419
9798885790932
9798885790932
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Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-24 13:54:29PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-28 23:30:23PM |
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"The story of an elderly man who, rather than give up his independence, heads off on a joyride with a new young friend"--
Herb's charmed life with his dear wife, Susan, in their Key West house is coming undone. Susan, in her seventies, now needs constant care, and Herb is in denial about his own ailing health. The one bright spot is the arrival of an endlessly optimistic manicurist calling herself Renee. She sings to Susan during manicures, gets her to paint, and brings her a much-needed sense of contentment. But then Herb and Susan's adult children arrive to stage an intervention on their stubborn, independent father, and as a consequence, Renee's gig with Susan--and her grand plans for her own life--start to unravel as well. Herb isn't ready to let go of all that he has ever had, and it turns out that Renee is not the happy, uncomplicated girl she pretends to be. She is not even Renee; she is really Dee Dee, and she, too, has reasons of her own to hit the road. So, when Herb suggests one last joy ride in his Porsche with Dee Dee riding shotgun, they light out for parts north, setting off a Silver Alert. As the unlikely friendship between Herb and Dee Dee deepens, we see how one life opens up as another is closing down. The time Dee Dee has spent--with Susan, in Key West, in the Porsche with elderly Herb--reveals to her how much more truly lies ahead.
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Cancer -- Patients -- Fiction
Caregivers -- Fiction
Elderly men -- Fiction
Florida -- Fiction
Intergenerational relations -- Fiction
Intergenerational relationships
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
Large print books
Large type books
Novels
Older men -- Fiction
Road fiction
Cancer -- Patients -- Fiction
Caregivers -- Fiction
Elderly men -- Fiction
Florida -- Fiction
Intergenerational relations -- Fiction
Intergenerational relationships
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
Large print books
Large type books
Novels
Older men -- Fiction
Road fiction
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Silver alert
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Silver alert : a novel / Lee Smith
Silver alert : a novel / Lee Smith
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Silver alert
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Cancer
Caregivers
Elderly men
Intergenerational relations
Intergenerational relationships
Interpersonal relations
Large type books
Older men
Patients
Cancer
Caregivers
Elderly men
Intergenerational relations
Intergenerational relationships
Interpersonal relations
Large type books
Older men
Patients
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