Book #68 |
Book: The Road Towards Home | Author: Corinne Demas | |
| Source: Free BookBub download Format: Kindle |
Pages: 283 | Duration: 08/07/25 – 08/12/25 (6 days) | |
| Rating: ★★★★☆ | Genres: fiction, romance, family, friendship | ||
| 📕10-word summary: Two retirees reconnect late in life and fly the coop. 🖌6-word review: Interesting characters and aging realistically depicted. |
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| 💭An amusing quote: “I didn’t know bagpipes were out of favor around here,” said Noah. “Sound like dying whales,” said Artie. | |||
| 🎓Some new-to-me words: scofflaw, outflanked, damselflies, odonates, pugnacious, exuvium, gigue, wrack, nap, peent, whelk, continuo, augury, Nemean lion, Augean stables, cormorants | |||
| Description:* Widower Noah Shilling considers Clarion Court to be less an independent living community and more a prison. But there may be hope for the place yet. The newest resident is bold, eccentric, rule-breaking Cassandra Joyce — whom, as it turns out, Noah met long ago in college. As Noah and Cassandra get reacquainted, major changes at Clarion Court force them both to reevaluate their living situation. When Noah invites Cassandra to rough it with him at his Cape Cod cottage, the old friends must decide whether they should risk embarking on the next stage of their journey together.*From goodreads.com’s synopsis. | |||
| Thoughts: I liked that the older couple at the center of this story negotiated a budding romance realistically instead of romanticizing it. I also liked that Cassandra in particular appreciated each of them having their own interests and not wanting to be, or do things, together all the time. It reminded me of my husband’s and my shared feeling that: “You’re my everything, but you’re not my every minute.” I have a soft spot for Cape Cod, so the part of the story set there added to my overall enjoyment of the book. They shopped in a supermarket in Orleans, which wasn’t far from Eastham, where we rented a house for a month during the Covid pandemic. | |||
See the rest of the books I’ve read in 2025 and previous years: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019.
