Title:
The secret diary of Hendrik Groen [text (large print)] : 83 1/4 years old / Hendrik Groen ; translated by Hester Velmans.
ISBN:
9781432845117
Personal Author:
Edition:
Large print edition.
Publication Information:
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print, 2017.
©2016
Physical Description:
481 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
General Note:
"First published in the Netherlands as 'Attempts to Make Something of Life. The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old' by Meulenhoff 2014"--Title page verso.
Dutch title: Zolang er leven is.
First published in the Netherlands as: Pogingen iets van het leven te maken.
Summary:
Hendrik Groen may be old, but he is far from dead and isn't planning to be buried any time soon. But surely there is more to life at his age than weak tea and potted geraniums? Hendrik sets out to write an exposé: a year in the life of his care home in Amsterdam, revealing all its ups and downs-- not least his new endeavor, the anarchic Old-But-Not-Dead Club. And when Eefje moves in-- the woman Hendrik has always longed for-- he polishes his shoes and his teeth, grooms what's left of his hair and attempts to make something of the life he has left.
Added Author:
OCLC Number:
ocn996932021
Availability:
South St. Paul - Kaposia~1