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Silver alert / a novel by Lee Smith.
"The story of an elderly man who, rather than give up his independence, heads off on a joyride with a new young friend"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781643752419 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 214 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2023.
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| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Road fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | FIC Smith | 31681010318632 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Rather than give up his independence, Herb, a stubborn elderly man, heads off on one last joy ride to Key West in his Porsche along with Dee Dee, his new young friend, setting off a Silver Alert. 40,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
"The story of an elderly man who, rather than give up his independence, heads off on a joyride with a new young friend"-- - Grand Central Pub
"Smith's latest is as delicious as a slice of key lime pie â and gone just as fast." ?People
"It's very different and it's very special and it's very good! I loved it."Â â?Dolly Parton
A driving force in literature, Lee Smith returns with a road trip novel, a story full of hope and humor about not going away quietlyâat any age.
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Herbâs charmed life with his dear wife Susan in their Key West house is coming undone. Susan, in her 70s, 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.
Then Herb and Susanâs adult children arrive to stage an intervention with their stubborn, independent father, and as a consequence, Reneeâs gig with Susanâand her grand plans for her own lifeâstart to unravel as well. Herb isnât 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 Herb suggests one last joy ride in his Porsche with her riding shotgun; and they light out for parts north, setting off a Silver Alert.
As the unlikely friendship between Herb and Dee Dee deepens, we see how as one life is closing down, another opens up. This time that Dee Dee has spent with Susan, this time in Key West, and this time in the Porsche with the elderly Herb reveals to Dee Dee how much more truly lies ahead.
In this buoyant novel, the masterful Smith asks: What life do we deserve? And how do we make it our own? Sometimes, you just have to seize the wheel. - Grand Central Pub
A funny and endearing novel of family, secrets, and aging, about an elderly man who, rather than give up his independence, heads off on a joyride with a new young friend who has some secrets of her ownâby a bestselling and beloved giant of Southern fiction. - Workman Press.
Herb has a secret: he's not quite the man he once was. And when his children learn of this, they decide it is time to move him and his wife, Susan, who is slipping into early Alzheimer's herself out of their Key West home and into assisted living. But curmudgeonly Herbâannoyed with his kids and unsettled by the ever-changing worldâis not going quietly.
He has one trusted friend, a young woman named Renee who has been helping to care for Susan. But Renee, too, is guarding secrets of her own, trying to start over after a truncated childhood where she had to abandon her dreams and her talents, and disappointed by a boyfriend who refuses to commit.
Together, Herb and Reneeâwho is really Dee Deeâtake off on one last joyride up the Florida Keys, setting off a Silver Alert, and, ultimately, setting up a moment where Dee Dee can come into her own.
What life do we deserve? And how do we make it our own? In this funny, heartwarming novel, Silver Alert shows us how sometimes, you just have to seize the narrative.
