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The great unexpected / Dan Mooney.
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- ISBN: 9781432870898
- ISBN: 1432870890
- Physical Description: 519 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
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| Summary, etc.: | "A curmudgeon and his eccentric new roommate join together to plan an epic escape in this charming, poignant tale. Joel lives in a nursing home, and he's not one bit happy about it. He hates being told when to eat, when to sleep, when to take his pills. He's fed up with life and begins to plan a way out when his new roommate, a retired soap opera actor named Frank, moves in and turns the nursing-home community upside down. Though the two men couldn't be more opposite, a fast friendship is formed when Frank is the only one who listens to and stands up for Joel. When he tells Frank about his burgeoning plan, they embark together on a mission to find the perfect escape, and along the way will discover that it's never too late for new beginnings. Filled with colorful characters, sparkling humor and deep emotion, The Great Unexpected is the story of friendship, finding oneself later in life and experiencing newfound joy in the most unexpected places"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Subject: | Old age > Fiction. Older men > Fiction. Suicide > Fiction. Large type books. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main | Large Print Fiction Mooney (Text) | 31307024109946 | Large Print | Checked out | 07/24/2025 |
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The Great Unexpected
Chapter One:Â
A Sort of Walking MiracleÂ
Excerpted from The Great Unexpected by Dan Mooney All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
"Miller," Joel whispered across the space between their two beds.
 "Why aren't you dead yet?"
 Miller, in a coma for over two years, said nothing. Instead his knobbly, decrepit old chest just rose and dropped, barelyperceptible under the thin cotton sheets.
 "Fine. Be that way," Joel told him.
Miller ignored him. He had objected to Mr Miller's presence when they'd first brought him in. Not that anyone paid his protests even the slightest bit of attention. A year before they wheeled in the corpse-that-was-not, Lucey had lived in that bed. He had gone to sleep every night knowing she was there, and woken up every morning to see her already up and about, dressing herself, cleaning, pottering here and there and chatting quietly with the nurses as they came in and out with breakfast.
She had made living in a nursing home seem bearable, fun even, instead of the parade of indignities and insults it had turned out to be in the aftermath of her death. She decorated the place, she brought light where she went and her laugh warmed the room. If she had worn any of the signs of advancing years Joel hadn't noticed them, she was as bright and energetic as always, a force of nature showing no indication of abating. He had wasted away slowly while she was there, then rapidly after she had died. It was a cold place without her.
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