Nonfiction portrait of life inside a Massachusetts nursing home, centered on the deepening friendship between two elderly roommates confronting illness, memory, and mortality.
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Nonfiction portrait of life inside a Massachusetts nursing home, centered on the deepening friendship between two elderly roommates confronting illness, memory, and mortality.
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Now in paperback, the national bestseller on growing old. Tracy Kidder has won the Pulitzer Prize and countless other awards for his bestselling studies of ordinary life. Now he confronts his most important and universal theme in this personal study of old age in America. "Touching, funny and inspiring".--New York Times
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
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Violence & gore
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Profanity
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Occasional mild exclamations such as "Jesus Christ"
Substance use
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Residents take prescribed medications for chronic conditions
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Brief mention of a mezuzah; religious thoughts not explored
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Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Residents experience pain, loneliness, and humiliation from physical and cognitive decline
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