The Resource The secret diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 years old, Hendrik Groen ; translated by Hester Velmans
The secret diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 years old, Hendrik Groen ; translated by Hester Velmans
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The item The secret diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 years old, Hendrik Groen ; translated by Hester Velmans represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- 'Another year and I still don't like old people. Me? I am 83 years old.' Hendrik Groen may be old, but he is far from dead and isn't planning to be buried any time soon. Granted, his daily strolls are getting shorter because his legs are no longer willing and he had to visit his doctor more than he'd like. Technically speaking he is ...elderly. But surely there is more to life at his age than weak tea and potted geraniums? Hendrik sets out to write an expose: a year in the life of his care home in Amsterdam, revealing all its ups and downs - not least his new endeavour the anarchic Old-But-Not Dead Club. And when Eefje moves in - the woman Hendrik has always longed for - he polishes his shoes (and his teeth), grooms what's left of his hair and attempts to make something of the life he has left, with hilarious, tender and devastating consequences
- Language
-
- eng
- dut
- spa
- Extent
- 360 pages
- Note
- Originally published: [Amsterdam, Netherlands] : Meulenhoff, 2014
- Isbn
- 9780718182953
- Label
- The secret diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 years old
- Title
- The secret diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 years old
- Statement of responsibility
- Hendrik Groen ; translated by Hester Velmans
- Title variation
- Secret diary of Hendrik Groen, eighty-three and a quarter years old
- Subject
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- Old age homes -- Netherlands -- Fiction
- trueSeniors
- trueMen/women relations
- trueSenior men
- trueTranslations -- Dutch to English
- trueSenior couples
- trueClubs
- trueCourtship
- Diaries -- Fiction
- trueOctogenarians
- Fear of death -- Fiction
- Older people -- Fiction
- trueRetirement communities
- trueDiaries
- Nursing homes -- Netherlands | Amsterdam -- Fiction
- trueAging
- trueHumorous stories
- trueFriendship
- Older men -- Netherlands -- Fiction
- trueNetherlands
- trueDiary novels
- trueAmsterdam, Netherlands
- Diary fiction
- Language
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- eng
- dut
- spa
- Summary
- 'Another year and I still don't like old people. Me? I am 83 years old.' Hendrik Groen may be old, but he is far from dead and isn't planning to be buried any time soon. Granted, his daily strolls are getting shorter because his legs are no longer willing and he had to visit his doctor more than he'd like. Technically speaking he is ...elderly. But surely there is more to life at his age than weak tea and potted geraniums? Hendrik sets out to write an expose: a year in the life of his care home in Amsterdam, revealing all its ups and downs - not least his new endeavour the anarchic Old-But-Not Dead Club. And when Eefje moves in - the woman Hendrik has always longed for - he polishes his shoes (and his teeth), grooms what's left of his hair and attempts to make something of the life he has left, with hilarious, tender and devastating consequences
- Summary
- The riotous journal of an octogenarian who is far from reaching the end of his life traces a year in his care home in Amsterdam, revealing the ups and downs of his misadventures with the anarchic "Old-But-Not-Dead Club" and a longtime crush whom he courted to devastating effect
- Award
- Loan Stars Favourites, 2017
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10570606
- Cataloging source
- SINLB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Groen, Hendrik
- Dewey number
- 813
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- [Translated from the Dutch]
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Velmans, Hester
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Secret diary of Hendrik Groen
- Series volume
- 0001
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Older people
- Older men
- Old age homes
- Diaries
- Nursing homes
- Fear of death
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The secret diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 years old, Hendrik Groen ; translated by Hester Velmans
- Note
- Originally published: [Amsterdam, Netherlands] : Meulenhoff, 2014
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000058564955
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 360 pages
- Isbn
- 9780718182953
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)946160901
- Label
- The secret diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 years old, Hendrik Groen ; translated by Hester Velmans
- Note
- Originally published: [Amsterdam, Netherlands] : Meulenhoff, 2014
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000058564955
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 360 pages
- Isbn
- 9780718182953
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)946160901
Subject
- trueAging
- trueAmsterdam, Netherlands
- trueClubs
- trueCourtship
- trueDiaries
- Diaries -- Fiction
- Diary fiction
- trueDiary novels
- Fear of death -- Fiction
- trueFriendship
- trueHumorous stories
- trueMen/women relations
- trueNetherlands
- Nursing homes -- Netherlands | Amsterdam -- Fiction
- trueOctogenarians
- Old age homes -- Netherlands -- Fiction
- Older men -- Netherlands -- Fiction
- Older people -- Fiction
- trueRetirement communities
- trueSenior couples
- trueSenior men
- trueSeniors
- trueTranslations -- Dutch to English
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