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The leisure seeker : a novel

John and Ella Robina have shared a wonderful life for more than 50 years. In their eighties, Ella suffers from cancer and has chosen to stop treatment. John has Alzheimer's. Yearning for one last adventure, the self-proclaimed "down-on-their-luck geezers" kidnap themselves from the adult children and doctors who seem to run their lives and steal away on a forbidden vacation of rediscovery along the forgotten roads of Route 66.

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  • "Leisure seeker"@pl
  • "Leisure seeker"@it

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  • "John and Ella Robina have shared a wonderful life for more than 50 years. In their eighties, Ella suffers from cancer and has chosen to stop treatment. John has Alzheimer's. Yearning for one last adventure, the self-proclaimed "down-on-their-luck geezers" kidnap themselves from the adult children and doctors who seem to run their lives and steal away on a forbidden vacation of rediscovery along the forgotten roads of Route 66."@en
  • "Recognizing that the final stage of their lives is upon them, John and Ella Robina, the former an Alzheimer's patient, the latter succumbing to cancer, sneak away from their over-protective children and doctors to embark on an RV vacation along Route 66."@en
  • "In Michael Zadoorian's <The Leisure Seeker</ the Robinas have shared a wonderful life for more than sixty years. Now in their eighties, Ella suffers from cancer and John has Alzheimer's. Yearning for one last adventure, the self-proclaimed "down-on-their-luck geezers" kidnap themselves from the adult children and doctors who seem to run their lives and steal away from their home in suburban Detroit on a forbidden vacation of rediscovery. With Ella as his vigilant copilot, John steers their '78 Leisure Seeker RV along the forgotten roads of Route 66 toward Disneyland in search of a past they're having a damned hard time remembering. Yet Ella is determined to prove that, when it comes to life, you can go back for seconds'even when everyone says you can't.</"@en
  • ""John and Ella Robina, a couple married 50+ years--she has stopped her cancer treatments, he has Alzheimer's-- kidnap themselves from the adult children and the doctors who seem to run their lives, and steal off on a forbidden vacation determined to prove that, when it comes to life, you can go back for seconds and sneak a little extra time.""
  • ""John and Ella Robina, a couple married 50+ years--she has stopped her cancer treatments, he has Alzheimer's-- kidnap themselves from the adult children and the doctors who seem to run their lives, and steal off on a forbidden vacation determined to prove that, when it comes to life, you can go back for seconds and sneak a little extra time.""@en
  • "John and Ella Robina, a couple married 50+ years and each battling their own infirmities, kidnap themselves from the adult children and the doctors who seem to run their lives, and steal off on a forbidden vacation. It's the story of the people they encounter, the problems they overcome, the lives they have lived, the love they share, and how their heartbreak at watching friends disappear into nursing homes inspired them to face the colossus at the end of all roads on their own terms."@en
  • "John and Ella Robina, a couple married 50+ years--she has stopped her cancer treatments, he has Alzheimer's-- kidnap themselves from the adult children and the doctors who seem to run their lives, and steal off on a forbidden vacation determined to prove that, when it comes to life, you can go back for seconds and sneak a little extra time."
  • "John and Ella Robina, a couple married 50+ years--she has stopped her cancer treatments, he has Alzheimer's-- kidnap themselves from the adult children and the doctors who seem to run their lives, and steal off on a forbidden vacation determined to prove that, when it comes to life, you can go back for seconds and sneak a little extra time."@en
  • "Deux octogénaires vivent ensemble depuis plus d'une cinquantaine d'années et ont eu deux enfants. Ella est atteinte d'un cancer généralisé et John de la maladie d'Alzheimer. Sans prévenir leur entourage, ils prennent la route 66 au bord d'un camping-car."

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Popular literature"
  • "Road fiction"
  • "Road fiction"@en

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  • "Powrót na Route 66"@pl
  • "Powrót na Route 66"
  • "De vrijbuiters (grote letter)"
  • "The leisure seeker : a novel"@en
  • "Le cherche bonheur"
  • "In viaggio contromano : The Leisure Seeker"
  • "The leisure seeker"
  • "The leisure seeker"@en
  • "Powrót na Route 66 : powieść"@pl
  • "In viaggio contromano = The leisure seeker"@it
  • "The leisure seeker a novel"@en
  • "Le cherche-bonheur"
  • "De vrijbuiters"

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