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A sad, funny, and sometimes even mystical story of nursing home residents, breaking free and causing quite a stir in a small town. I loved it!
Interesting story of the joys and hardships of getting old.
Most of the people in the library book club liked the book and said it gave them alot to think about in their own personal lives.
Eighty-year-old George Castor promised he would never let his best friend Ralph die alone at the Silver Gardens Nursing Home - but Ralph passed on while George was away fishing. Distraught, guilt-stricken and seeking redemption, George buys a broken-down mansion in Lookingglass, Oregon, paints it fire-engine red, and begins searching for other old folks to share it with him. Because George has made a new promise that will alter the course of the rest of his life. And, with the help of a miraculous old woman named Grace, he assembles a ragtag bunch of aging strangers, determined to make their last days on earth-and his own-an adventure.
