Last Bus to Coffeeville: A heartwarming story of love and friendship
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- Synopsis
- Longlisted for the 2016 International Dublin Literary AwardNancy Skidmore has Alzheimer's and her oldest friend Eugene Chaney III once more a purpose in life - to end hers.When the moment for Gene to take Nancy to her desired death in Coffeeville arrives, she is unexpectedly admitted to the secure unit of a nursing home and he has to call upon his two remaining friends to help break her out: one his godson, a disgraced weatherman in the throes of a midlife crisis, and the other an ex-army marksman officially dead for forty years. On a tour bus once stolen from Paul McCartney, and joined by a young orphan boy searching for lost family, the band of misfits career towards Mississippi through a landscape of war, euthanasia, communism, religion and racism, and along the way discover the true meaning of love, family and - most important of all - friendship.If you loved Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared, you'll love J. Paul Henderson's Last Bus to Coffeeville--------------------------'There is heartbreak...black humour... and some of the charm of The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry' - Daily Mail'A fascinating and poignant novel' - Woman's World'The shimmering humour and life values Henderson explores are certainly something you wouldn’t want to miss' - The Star Online
- Copyright:
- 2015
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781843442660
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781843442653
- Publisher:
- Oldcastle Books, Limited
- Date of Addition:
- 04/21/20
- Copyrighted By:
- J. Paul Henderson
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Romance, Literature and Fiction, Humor
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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