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Author
Pub. Date
2019
Description
"Evelyn Taylor-Clarke sits in her chair at Forest Lawns Care Home in the heart of the English countryside, surrounded by residents with minds not as sharp as hers. It would be easy to dismiss Evelyn as a muddled old woman, but her lipstick is applied perfectly, and her buttons done up correctly. Because Evelyn is a woman with secrets and Evelyn remembers everything. She can never forget the promise she made to the love of her life, to discover the...
2) Denial
Author
Series
Lew Fonesca mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Investigator Lew Fonesca tackles a pair of linked cases involving an elderly woman who swears against all evidence that she has witnessed a murder in her retirement home and a hit-and-run accident that has killed a fourteen-year-old boy.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Description
After being required to volunteer at a local seniors' home as part of her teacher's community project, Tamara is assigned to Jean Barclay, a cranky and determined old lady, who has a special plan in mind that soon leads the unlikely duo on a road trip that greatly impacts both of their lives.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
When Ravi Kapoor, an overworked London doctor, reaches the breaking point with his difficult father-in-law, he asks his wife: "Can't we just send him away somewhere? Somewhere far, far away." His prayer is seemingly answered when Ravi's entrepreneurial cousin sets up a retirement home in India, hoping to re-create in Bangalore an elegant lost corner of England. Several retirees are enticed by the promise of indulgent living at a bargain price, but...