The Leisure Seeker

ISBN-13: 9780061671791 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 288 str.

Michael Zadoorian

Opis

The unforgettable cross country journey of a runaway couple in their twilight years determined to meet the end of all roads on their own terms--a major motion picture from Sony Pictures Classics starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland.The Robinas have shared a wonderful life for more than sixty years. Now in their eighties, Ella suffers from cancer and John has Alzheimer's. Yearning for one last adventure, the self-proclaimed "down-on-their-luck geezers" kidnap themselves from the adult children and doctors who seem to run their lives and steal away from their home in suburban Detroit on a forbidden vacation of rediscovery. With Ella as his vigilant copilot, John steers their '78 Leisure Seeker RV along the forgotten roads of Route 66 toward Disneyland in search of a past they're having a damned hard time remembering. Yet Ella is determined to prove that, when it comes to life, you can go back for seconds--even when everyone says you can't."The Leisure Seeker is pretty much like life itself: joyous, painful, moving, tragic, mysterious, and not to be missed."--Booklist, starred review

Recenzje

"Ella is a remarkable creation...Her middle-aged children's panicked demands that the couple return home will resonate with any adult who has feared for a parent's well-being. he Leisure Seeker is pretty much like life itself: joyous, painful, moving, tragic, mysterious, and not to be missed." Booklist, starred review

O autorze

Michael Zadoorian is the author of Second Hand and The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit: Stories.