Michael Zadoorian
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English
Description
"John and Ella Robina, a couple married 50+ years--she has stopped her cancer treatments, he has Alzheimer's-- kidnap themselves from the adult children and the doctors who seem to run their lives, and steal off on a forbidden vacation determined to prove that, when it comes to life, you can go back for seconds and sneak a little extra time."
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Language
English
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"Joe Keen and Ana Urbanek have been a couple for a long time, with all the requisite lulls and temptations, yet they remain unmarried and without children or a mortgage, as their Midwestern values (and parents) seem to require. Now on the cusp of forty, they are both working at jobs that they're not even sure they believe in anymore, but with significantly varying returns. Ana is successful, Joe is floundering--both in limbo, caught somewhere between...
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Español
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Los Robina han compartido una vida maravillosa durante más de sesenta años. Ahora, con ochenta y tantos, ella tiene cáncer y John sufre Alzheimer. En su afán por vivir una gran aventura, estos dos "viejos sin suerte" huyen de la supervisión de sus hijos y de sus médicos, que parecen controlar sus vidas, y se escapan de su casa a las afueras de Detroit decididos a vivir unas vacaciones prohibidas para volver a descubrirlo todo.
Con Ella como...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Richard, the owner of a secondhand store ("Satori Junk") just outside Detroit, finds his life changing all at once when his mother dies and he rummages in her basement for good junk. He meets Theresa, a thrift-attired junk goddess who shares his feelings for castaways, and he falls for her--hard.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Long-term couple John and Ella Robina are experiencing the struggles of growing older. With John having Alzheimer's and Ella undergoing cancer treatment, they decide to abandon their disease-stricken lifestyles and embark on a journey from Boston to Key West in an attempt to fully live what's left of their lives. Their trusty RV, which they've dubbed "The Leisure Seeker", will be their mode of transportation as they enjoy what may be their last adventure...
