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Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley, courtesy of the publisher. The second installment of the later life of Hendrik Groen finds everyone’s favorite Dutch hairy-eared Dutch pensioner returning to his diary after taking some time off. He is now 85. The Old But Not Dead club is still going strong, even after...
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 ¼ years old-Hendrik Groen, author. This is a very tenderly written epistolary novel written with a subtle humor. Hendrik Groen lives in a nursing home in the wing for independent seniors. His friend Evert lives in his own apartment in the same facility. His dear...
Thanks to Net Galley and to Penguin UK-Michael Joseph for providing me an ARC copy of this book that I freely chose to review. A while back I read The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 ¼ Years Old (check my review here) and loved it. I was on the lookout for the next one, and when I saw the next one...
Hendrik Groen is embarking on his 84th year. In order to keep boredom at bay he decides to keep a diary of his days in the care home he in which he now resides. His diary charts the ups and downs of the coming year and how he fights the boredom that threats his days. Who says you have to grow old gr...
Hendrik Groen gives us insights into this last stretch of life in home for the elderly. At turns funny, sad, whimsical, serious, sweet, he lets us partake in his struggles for dignity and purpose, faced with the realities of a body beset by multiple ailments, slowly lessening capabilities and ever p...
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