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Buy this book on-line GROEN,HENDRIK: : The Secret Diary of Hendrick Groen,83 1/4 Years Old.[Author SIGNED copy.]LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH/PENGUIN,2016. ISBN 9780718183004.
UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 001.Originally published in the Netherlands as 'Attempts to Make Something of Life.The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen,83 1/4 Years Old' by Meulenhoff,2014.First published in UK by Michael Joseph,2016.Translated by Hester Velmans.] MINT+/MINT+.No owner inscrptn but author's neat handwritten blue ink signature 'Hendrik Groen' - without dedication - to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,white background with portrait b/w line illustrated dw/dj,with red and b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - also includes bookseller's wrap-around b/w 'SIGNED First Edition' paper label.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain red cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped black ink printed letters to spine,a black+silver striped headband and immaculate black+red fish motif design illustrated eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,1-375pp [paginated] includesstory in the form of diary entries from 1st January,2013 upto 31st December, 2013,plus [unpaginated] members rules for 'The Old-But-not-Dead Club' to recto of front free endpaper,half- title page,author SIGNED title page,verso of last page also unpaginated and 4pp blanks at the rear of the book.
'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 anytime 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.
The indomitable Hendrik Groen - Holland's unlikeliest hero - has become a cultural phenomenon in his native Netherlands and now he and his famously anonymous creator are conquering the globe.A major Dutch bestseller,'The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen' will not only delight older readers with its wit and relevance,but will charm and inspire those who have years to go before their own expiry date.
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