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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Mon Jan 1, 2018, 03:35 PM Jan 2018

Looking for books set in a nursing home or assisted living

Not a hand book or how to book.

Something along a biography,
or a good fiction about folks living in one.

I'm currently reading "Breaking Out of Bedlam" and am enjoying it very much.

Would appreciate all suggestions.

Thanks

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Looking for books set in a nursing home or assisted living (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 OP

Fried Green Tomatoes no_hypocrisy Jan 2018 #1

Thanks. I saw the movie ... left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #2

Try Water for Elephants. murielm99 Jan 2018 #3

Thanks. Sounds interesting left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #4

I didn't want to recommend murielm99 Jan 2018 #5

How could I forget Gladdy Gold? murielm99 Jan 2018 #6

Looks promising. thanks left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #7

"The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 years old" PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #8

Thanks. Looks promising. left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 #9

no_hypocrisy

(51,544 posts)

1. Fried Green Tomatoes

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Jan 1, 2018, 03:39 PM

Jan 2018

Fannie Flagg

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

2. Thanks. I saw the movie ...

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 1, 2018, 03:57 PM

Jan 2018

... and read her other books.

murielm99

(31,936 posts)

3. Try Water for Elephants.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Jan 1, 2018, 04:17 PM

Jan 2018

The main character is an old man in a nursing home telling a story about his past.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

4. Thanks. Sounds interesting

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 1, 2018, 04:21 PM

Jan 2018

Plot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_for_Elephants#Plot

murielm99

(31,936 posts)

5. I didn't want to recommend

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 1, 2018, 05:29 PM

Jan 2018

anything I hadn't read myself.

murielm99

(31,936 posts)

6. How could I forget Gladdy Gold?

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Jan 1, 2018, 05:48 PM

Jan 2018

This is a mystery series set in a nursing home, with all elderly people who run a detective agency. Rita Lakin, the author, is quite a groundbreaking woman herself.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

7. Looks promising. thanks

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 1, 2018, 06:02 PM

Jan 2018

PoindexterOglethorpe

(27,850 posts)

8. "The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 years old"

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Thu Feb 1, 2018, 03:00 AM

Feb 2018

Takes place in Amsterdam. It's a hoot.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

9. Thanks. Looks promising.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 1, 2018, 09:41 AM

Feb 2018

https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Diary-Hendrik-Groen-Years/dp/0718183002

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