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Series
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Français
Description
A seemingly simple taxi ride across Paris evolves into a profound meditation on the realities of the driver and his fare, a 92-year-old woman whose warmth belies her shocking past. Charles is a taxi driver in Paris, and he is having a very bad day. Enter Madeleine, an immaculately groomed nonagenarian, who informs Charles that the trip today will not be a direct one. She is moving into a nursing home and would like to make some stops along the way...
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Two nursing home roommates become friends and plot an adventure.
"Joel hates being told when to eat, when to sleep, when to take his pills. He's fed up with life in the nursing home, and begins to plan a way out. Then his new roommate, a retired soap opera actor named Frank, start turning the nursing-home community upside down. Frank is the only one who listens to and stands up for Joel. When Joel explains his burgeoning plan, they embark together...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Soline Roussel is well schooled in the business of happy endings. For generations her family has kept an exclusive bridal salon in Paris, where magic is worked with needle and thread. It's said that the bride who wears a Roussel gown is guaranteed a lifetime of joy. But devastating losses during World War II leave Soline's world and heart in ruins and her faith in love shaken. She boxes up her memories, stowing them away, along with her broken dreams,...
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
To celebrate Purim an old woman makes hamantashen cookies, with no assistance from her lazy pets who are secretly planning a surprise. Includes author's note on the origin of this festive holiday and a recipe for hamantashen.
6) Broken light
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Bernie Moon's ambitions and dreams have been forgotten by everyone else - including Bernie herself. At 19 she was full of promise, but now facing 50 and going through the menopause, she's a fading light. Until the murder of a woman in a local park unlocks a series of childhood memories, and with them, a talent that she has hidden all her adult life. What happens when the frustrations and power of an older woman are finally given their chance to be...
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Madeline Finn and Star are off to Walker Oaks, a retirement community where Star will take his tests to become a Therapy Dog. Accompanied by Mom, Mrs. Dimple, and Bonnie the library dog, she and Star make their way through a variety of challenges and meet several new friends. But Madeline Finn can't stop thinking about an elderly man in a wheelchair who never smiles. Is there something she and Star can do to help?" --publisher's website.
