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Author:

Groen, Hendrik, author.

Title:

On the bright side : the new secret diary of Hendrik Groen, 85 years old / Hendrik Groen ; translated by Hester Velmans.

Edition:

First U.S. hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Grand Central Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

441 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Older men--Fiction.
Retirement communities--Fiction.
Older people--Netherlands--Social conditions--Fiction.
Diary fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Diary fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Fiction.

Other Authors:

Velmans, Hester, translator.
Container of (work) : Groen, Hendrik. Zolang er leven is.

Other Titles:

Zolang er leven is. English

Notes:

"First published in the Netherlands as Zolang er leven is by Meulenhoff in 2016. First English-language translation published by Michael Joseph in 2017."--Title page verso.

Summary:

Octogenarian curmudgeon Hendrik emerges from a year of mourning the death of his beloved friend Eefje to help the Old-But-Not-Dead Club save their home from demolition plans.

ISBN:

9781549116087
1549116088
1538746638
9781538746639

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1089255788

LCCN:

bl2019001689

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