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John and Ella Robina have shared a wonderful life for more than fifty years. Now in their eighties, Ella suffers from cancer and has chosen to stop treatment. John has Alzheimer's. Yearning for one last adventure, the self-proclaimed "down-on-their-luck geezers" kidnap themselves from the adult chil...

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Main Author: Zadoorian, Michael
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : William Morrow, c2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Older people > Fiction.
Married people > Fiction.
Automobile travel > Fiction.
Reminiscing in old age > Fiction.
Road fiction.
Domestic fiction.
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Summary:John and Ella Robina have shared a wonderful life for more than fifty years. Now in their eighties, Ella suffers from cancer and has chosen to stop treatment. 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 to steal away from their home in suburban Detroit on a forbidden vacation of rediscovery.--From Amazon.com.
Physical Description:xii, 272 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9780061671784
0061671789
Author Notes:Michael Zadoorian was born & raised in Detroit, Michigan. His short fiction has appeared in many journals, including "The Literary Review" & "American Short Fiction". He lives with his wife in a bungalow filled with many strange old objects & a death-row cat. "Second Hand" is his first novel.

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