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THE SECRET DIARY OF HENDRIK GROEN
By: Hendrik Groen
Grand Central Publishing
April 2018
On Sale: April 3, 2018
Featuring: Hendrik Groen
384 pages
ISBN: 1455542156
EAN: 9781455542154
Kindle: B01K3WN90C
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Fiction | Literature and Fiction
Technically speaking, Hendrik Groen is....elderly. But at age 83 1/4, this feisty, indomitable 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--on his own terms. He begins writing an exposรฉ: 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 wickedly anarchic Old-But-Not-Dead Club--"Rule #3: No Whining Allowed"--and he and his best friend, Evert, gleefully stir up trouble, enraging the home's humorless director and turning themselves into unlikely heroes. And when a sweet and sassy widow moves in next door, he polishes his shoes, grooms what's left of his hair, and determines to savor every ounce of joy in the time he has left, with hilarious and tender consequences.
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