**One of Goodreads Top 25 Feel-Good and Escapist Books to Read in Quarantine as seen in* USA Today* “[A] funny, winning debut.”— *People * **“Delightfully quirky and endearing…an absolute pleasure to read!”—#1* ***** New York Times ******bestselling author Emily Giffin** Meet Duffy, an old curmudgeon who lives in an assisted living home. ** ** Meet Josie, a desperate young woman who climbs through his window. ** ** Together, they’re going to learn it’s never too late—or too early—to change your ways. ** For Duffy Sinclair, life boils down to one simple thing: maintaining his residence at the idyllic Centennial Assisted Living. Without it, he’s destined for the roach-infested nursing home down the road—and after wasting the first eighty-eight years of his life, he refuses to waste away for the rest. So, he keeps his shenanigans to the bare minimum with the help of his straight-laced best friend and roommate, Carl Upton. But when Carl’s granddaughter Josie climbs through their bedroom window with booze on her breath and a black eye, Duffy’s faced with trouble that’s sticking around and hard to hide—from Centennial’s management *and* Josie’s toxic boyfriend. Before he knows it, he’s running a covert operation that includes hitchhiking and barhopping. He might as well write himself a one-way ticket to the nursing home…or the morgue. Yet Duffy’s all in. Because thanks to an unlikely friendship that becomes fast family—his life doesn’t boil down the same anymore. Not when he finally has a chance to leave a legacy. In a funny, insightful, and life-affirming debut, Brooke Fossey delivers an unflinching look at growing old, living large, and loving big, as told by a wise-cracking man who didn’t see any of it coming.
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Ellaisreadingabook (verified owner) –
The book cover and the synopsis, those were the main factors on why I picked this book. I was wondering what kind of story I’d get into. Two people met in an unexpected situation, Duffy who lives in a house assisted living, Jossie a desperate young woman who climbs through a window where Duffy lives, turns out she’s also the granddaughter of Duffy’s friend in that place. Where the story takes place is mostly in a house assisted living, in here we can see how the residents run their daily lives, how they interact with each other and what kind of activities the residents are able to do. The story between Duffy and Josie is about how we can help other people even if we only have limited access to do anything that we are capable of. It’s a funny and heartfelt story through a POV of an eldery man, so sarcasm and cynicism is what Duffy has in his personality, but his kindness is what makes me care about him.