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The secret diary of Hendrik Groen

Groen, Hendrik (author.). Velmans, Hester, (translator.).

Summary: 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 exposé: secretly recording the antics of day-to-day life in his retirement home, where he refuse 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 making themselves into unlikely heroes. And when a sweet and sassy widow moves in next door, he polishes his shoes, combs what is 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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  • ISBN: 9781455542178 (hc)
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    378 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2017.
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Subject: Older men -- Fiction
Retirement communities -- Fiction
Genre: Diary fiction.
Humourous fiction.

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  • 22 of 23 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library.

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Hendrik Groen started his diary on the literary website of Torpedo Magazine. He says about his novel: "There's not one sentence that's a lie, but not every word is true." The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen has been translated into over twenty languages.

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