![]() ![]() As the unlikely friendship between Herb and Dee Dee deepens, we see how as one life is closing down, another opens up. And the two take off north out of Key West, soon setting off a Silver Alert. So, he suggests one last joy ride in his Porsche. ![]() She is actually named Dee Dee, and she’s fleeing a dark past.Īnd Herb can’t just let go of all that he has ever had. So much had seemed as if it could change for Renee, who is not the happy, uncomplicated young girl she pretends to be. She sings to Susan during manicures, gets her to paint, and brings her a sense of contentment.īut then Herb and Susan’s adult children arrive to stage an intervention on their stubborn, independent father, and as a consequence, Renee’s gig with Susan-and her grand plans for her own life-start to unravel as well. The one bright spot is the arrival of an endlessly optimistic manicurist calling herself Renee. Susan now needs constant care, and Herb is in denial about his own ailing health. This funny and endearing novel of family, secrets, and aging follows an elderly man who heads off on a joyride with a new young friend-who may have some secrets of her own.Ī driving force in literature, the one and only Lee Smith returns with a road trip novel, a story full of hope and humor about not going away quietly-at any age.Īging Herb’s charmed life with his dear wife, Susan, in their Key West house is coming undone. ![]()
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