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81) Trick
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Sharp, succinct storytelling and breathtaking prose combine in this new novel by the author of Ties , a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and a Kirkus Reviews and Sunday Times Best Book of the Year. Trick is a stylish drama about ambition, family, and old-age that goes beyond the ordinary and predictable. Imagine a duel between two men. One, Daniele Mallarico, is a successful illustrator who, in the twilight of his years, feels that his reputation...
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Series
Septology volume 3
Pub. Date
c2021.
Description
Asle is an aging painter and widower who lives alone on the west coast of Norway. His only friends are his neighbor, Åsleik, a traditional fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in the city. There, in Bjørgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter but lonely and consumed by alcohol. Asle and Asle are doppelgängers—two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life. In this final installment of Jon Fosse’s Septology, “a...
83) The hero
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
After he receives a diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer, a former Western film star re-evaluates his life.
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Formats
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Ten years after Griffin Gilkyson dies in a car accident, his widow Jean returns to their small hometown in Wyoming to rescue their child and herself from the latest in a string of abusive boyfriends. Refuge, however, comes at a cost: facing the wrath of a father-in-law who blames Jean for the death of his beloved son.
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 16
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"Abel Haggard is an elderly hunchback who haunts the remnants of his family's farm in the encroaching shadow of the Dallas suburbs, adrift in recollections of those he loved and lost long ago. As a young man he believed himself to be "the one person too many"; now he is all that remains. Hundreds of miles to the south, in Austin, Seth Waller is a teenage "Master of Nothingness" - a prime specimen of that gangly, pimple-rashed, too-smart breed of adolescent...
86) Telling the bees
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Albert Honigs most constant companions have always been his bees. A never-married octogenarian, he makes a modest living as a beekeeper, as his father and his fathers father did before him. Deeply acquainted with the workings of the hives, Albert is less versed in the ways of people, especially his friend Claire, whose presence and absence in his life have never been reconciled. When Claire is killed in a seemingly senseless accident during a burglary...
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Drawn to an older man, Eve embarks on a whirlwind romance that soon offers a new life and a new home--Les Genevriers, an old house in a charming hamlet amid the fragrant lavender fields of Provence. Their relationship becomes strained, however, as Dom grows quiet and distant and Eve feels a haunting presence. The more reluctant Dom is to tell her about his past, the more Eve is drawn to it--and to the mysterious disappearance of his beautiful ex-wife....
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The nameless narrator, a writer, shares his most intimate thoughts about his wife, their life together, and her death. But jus as death is inseparable from life, his wife seems still to be with him. Her memory and words permeate his days. It is a tale of a lifelong love that ultimately transcends death. - taken from book flap.
92) Rhino Ranch
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Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
In this poignant and striking final chapter in the Duane Moore story, which began in 1966, McMurty takes readers on one last unforgettable journey to Thalia, Texas, a town that continues to change at a breakneck pace even as Duane feels himself slowing down. Returning home to recover from a near-fatal heart attack, Duane discovers that he has a new neighbor: the statuesque K. K. Slater, a quirky billionairess who's come to Thalia to open the Rhino...
93) Old man's war
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Series
Old Man's War universe volume 1
Description
Enlisting in the army on his seventy-fifth birthday, John Perry joins an interstellar war between Earth and alien enemies who would stake claims on the few existing inhabitable planets, unaware that the conflict involves much more than he understands
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"Life is waiting to happen to Hubert Bird. But first he has to open his front door and let it in. In weekly phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Bird paints a picture of the perfect retirement, packed with fun, friendship, and fulfilment. But he's lying. The truth is day after day drags by without him seeing a single soul. Until he receives some good news - good news that in one way turns out to be the worst news ever, news that...
95) The summer guest
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Nearing the end of his life, financier Harry Wainwright journeys to a rustic fishing camp in Maine and leaves a profound legacy for a haunted young man, a Vietnam draft evader, and a spirited young woman who holds a key to the past.
96) Tough guys
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Two elderly gangsters are released from prison only to find they have trouble fitting in as old men who still take no guff from anyone.
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Grumpy old men: neighborhood curmudgeons' long-running feud becomes an all-out rivalry when an attractive widow moves into the house across the street. Grumpier old men: grumpy old men become grumpier in this sequel as a newcomer (Sophia Loren) plans to change the town's bait shop into a ristorante.
98) Danny Collins
Description
Aging rocker Danny Collins can't give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager uncovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act.
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Turn back your biological clock. A breakthrough book for men--as much fun to read as it is persuasive--Younger Next Year draws on the very latest science of aging to show how men 50 or older can become functionally younger every year for the next five to ten years, and continue to live like fifty-year-olds until well into their eighties. To enjoy life and be stronger, healthier, and more alert. To stave off 70% of the normal decay associated with...
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Series
Secret diary of Hendrik Groen volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Everyone's favorite curmudgeon is back, wreaking havoc and turning a twinkly eye on the brighter side of life. At 85 years old, Hendrik may be slower and a little more wobbly, but nothing, it seems, can dampen his youthful appetite for mischief or dull his sharp insights into the state of our world. When rumors surface that the retirement home where he lives is set for demolition, it is up to Hendrik and his eccentric friends in the Old But Not Dead...