The Leisure Seeker - Softcover

Zadoorian, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062696866 ISBN 13: 9780062696861

Verlag: Harper Collins USA, 2018

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"Zadoorian's pace is deceptive, it's restful. But unexpected scenes jump out at you. Come to the end and you'll say 'Oh my God.'"--Elmore Leonard

"A beautifully simple story...readable, frequently funny, sometimes all too realistically poignant...This is Detroit-area writer Zadoorian's second book; watch him; he's going places."--Detroit Free Press

"Michael Zadoorian serves up an affectionate, clear-eyed peek at a pair of self styled "down-on-their-luck geezers" who just aren't ready to go gentle into that good night...Here's to hoping that we all handle our last days so well."--BookPage

"Second Hand is a wonderful book about life at yard sales, garage sales, and the like, where many antiques begin their journey 'up the ladder' into the upper retail realms."--Chris Jussel, host of Antiques Roadshow, PRAISE FOR SECOND HAND

"A couple of terminal senior citizens skip the end stage of hospitals and anxious children, step on the gas and stoically hightail it out of town...Death foretold, absolutely, but also the delight and adventure that comes late in life. The Dangerous Book for Seniors!"--Bob Morris

"Zadoorian's offbeat humor and obvious sympathy for his characters takes a story that could have been grim in the wrong hands and turns it into one of the most delightful books I've read in years."--Carol Schneck (Schuler Books & Music), for GALLEY TALK in Publishers Weekly

"The humor is dark, the story poignant (for instance, Ella describes their RV as a "recreational sarcophagus") and the journey so descriptive that it makes you want to take the trip yourself."--Flint Journal

"Road trip novels are as common as snow in Siberia...but Zadoorian adds some refreshing detours to the genre in his second novel...told from Ella's mordantly funny point-of-view...the gripping conclusion deserves to be read, not told."--The Hour, Detroit

"A funny, bittersweet and courageous story as they cross the country, stopping at forgotten roadside attractions, watching old slides and remembering their life and love. In a word: touching. "--Melbourne Herald Sun

"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

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Now a major motion picture starring Oscar award-winners Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland, coming January 2018 from Sony Pictures Classics

Official Selection

Toronto Film Festival

Venice Film Festival

“The Leisure Seeker is pretty much like life itself: joyous, painful, moving, tragic, mysterious, and not to be missed.”—Booklist, starred review

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.

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• Verlag: Harper Collins USA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0062696866
• ISBN 13: 9780062696861
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 65