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The hilarious international bestselling novel that has had
pensioners ditching their sticks and zimmers to follow the
age-defying, youth inducing antics inside The Secret Diary of
Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old . . . 'Terrific. This geriatric
Adrian Mole made me laugh' Woman and Home 'Funny and touching' BBC
Radio 4 Meet Hendrik Groen. An octogenarian in a care home who has
no intention of doing what he's told, or dying quietly. To that
end, he creates the Old-But-Not-Dead Club and with his fellow
members sets about living his final years with careless abandon.
Such anarchism infuriates the care home director but pleases Eefje,
the woman who makes Hendrik's frail heart palpitate. If it's never
too late to have fun, then can it ever be too late to meet the love
of your life? 'So much more than just a comedy' John Boyne 'A story
with a great deal of heart' Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project
'Amusing and wickedly accurate. A handbook of resistance for our
time.' Sunday Express 'Very funny' Jeremy Paxman Financial Times
Eighty-five-year-old Hendrik Groen is fed up to his false teeth
with coffee mornings and bingo. __________ Along with fellow
members of the Old-But-Not-Dead Club, he embarks on a wild spree of
octogenarian anarchy. But the home's director will not stand for
any more drunken bar crawls, illicit fireworks or geriatric
romance. The good name of the care home will not be disgraced. But
when Hendrik learns of a plan to close the home down he realises
life outside it could be much worse. He and the gang must stop the
closure before it's too late. Or drop dead trying . . . __________
'A joy to read. An entertaining and uplifting story of a man in the
winter of his days' John Boyne, Irish Times 'Highly entertaining,
utterly convincing. A delightful and touching saga of one man's way
of coping with old age'Daily Express 'Terrific. This geriatric
Adrian Mole made me laugh' Fanny Blake, Woman and Home 'A funny but
also touching diary praised for its wit and realism' BBC Radio 4
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