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The secret diary of Hendrik Groen / Hendrik Groen ; translated by Hester Velmans.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781455542178 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 378 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published as Attempts to make something of life. The secret diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 years old : Amsterdam, Netherlands : Meulenhoff, 2014. Translation originally published: [London] : Michael Joseph, 2016. |
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| Subject: | Older people > Fiction. Old age homes > Fiction. Retirement communities > Fiction. Aging > Fiction. Friendship > Fiction. Diaries > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Diary fiction. Humorous fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
The riotous journal of an octogenarian who is far from reaching the end of his life traces a year in his care home in Amsterdam, revealing the ups and downs of his misadventures with the anarchic "Old-But-Not-Dead Club" and a longtime crush whom he courted to devastating effect. - Baker & Taylor
The journal of an octogenarian who is far from reaching the end of his life traces a year in his care home in Amsterdam, revealing the ups and downs of his misadventures with the anarchic "Old-But-Not-Dead Club" and a longtime crush whom he courted to devastating effect. - Grand Central Pub
In this #1 international bestseller, an old man who is young at heart proves that life doesn't stop once you enter a nursing home, perfect for fans of A Man Called Ove.
Technically speaking, Hendrik Groen is elderly. But at age 83 and one quarter, this feisty curmudgeon has no plans to go out quietly. Bored of weak tea and potted geraniums, exasperated by the indignities of aging, Hendrik has decided to rebel.
He begins writing an exposé: secretly recording the antics of day-to-day life in his retirement home, where he refuses to take himself, or his fellow ""inmates,"" too seriously. With an eccentric group of friends, he founds the Old-But-Not-Dead Club, and he and his best friend, Evert, gleefully stir up trouble, enraging the home's humorless director and turning themselves into unlikely heroes.
When a sweet and sassy widow moves in next door, he is determined to savor every ounce of joy in the time he has left, with hilarious and tender consequences. The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen is an inspiring, charming, and laugh-out-loud delight for readers of any age.
