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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Leisure Seekerdi Michael
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I've had this book for a long time. I don't know what made me finally pull it out but I'm glad I did. It's both funny and poignant about an older couple, both in bad health, who decide to take a vacation. They drive along as much of the old Rt. 66 as possible from Michigan to Disneyland in California in their old Leisure Seeker camper. ( ) "I know nothing lasts, but even when you know that things are just about over, sometimes you can run back and take a little bit more and no one will notice." p. 46 "(W)hatever happens at the end of a life does not represent the entire life." p. 266 "We built a life together and will happily do what comes after together. I say if love is what bonds us during our lives, why can't it still somehow bond us, keep us together after our deaths?" p. 271 "Now there's all the time in the world. Except I'm falling apart and John can barely remember his name. But that's all right. I remember it. Between the two of us, we are one whole person." p. 12 "He knows who I am. He knows that I am the one person who he loves, has always loved. No disease, no person can take that away." p. 205 A real tear jerker, and at the same time laugh out loud funny. It's the tale of two elderly people at the end of their life deciding to run away while they still have the chance. They say they are going on a vacation in their RV named The Leisure Seeker, but they know it is their last trip and they could both die during the trip. The wife has terminal cancer and the husband has dementia, so they are like Thelma and Louisa trying to enjoy the best moments they have left in their lives. Really got to me, and I can't wait to read another of this author's books. 3/17/2020 - I finally got around to watching the movie version - it was well done but the book is 100 times better. The beautiful, thought provoking prose is missing from the movie though both actors did a fantastic job. Zadoorian writes the with the perfect blend of dark humor and emotion so it never gets overly sentimental yet you will most likely cry. I read this book for the first time in 2011, reading this again, almost 10 years later and with my mother's death, it seemed even sadder this time around. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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The unforgettable cross country journey of a runaway couple in their twilight years determined to meet the end of all roads on their own terms--a major motion picture from Sony Pictures Classics starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland. The Robinas have shared a wonderful life for more than sixty years. Now in their eighties, Ella suffers from cancer and John has Alzheimer's. Yearning for one last adventure, the self-proclaimed "down-on-their-luck geezers" kidnap themselves from the adult children and doctors who seem to run their lives and steal away from their home in suburban Detroit on a forbidden vacation of rediscovery. With Ella as his vigilant copilot, John steers their '78 Leisure Seeker RV along the forgotten roads of Route 66 toward Disneyland in search of a past they're having a damned hard time remembering. Yet Ella is determined to prove that, when it comes to life, you can go back for seconds--even when everyone says you can't. "The Leisure Seeker is pretty much like life itself: joyous, painful, moving, tragic, mysterious, and not to be missed."--Booklist, starred review Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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