Silver Alert

SKU: 9781643755809
Silver Alert

Silver Alert

SKU: 9781643755809
Author: Lee Smith
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🖤 Tone: Warm, witty, bittersweet
📚 Genre: Literary fiction, contemporary fiction, Southern fiction
⚡ Pace: Gentle, character-driven
🚗 Vibes: Road trip adventures, ageing protagonists, quirky encounters, emotional reflection
✨ Themes: Ageing, friendship, memory, resilience, freedom
🧠 Emotional Journey: Funny, touching, quietly profound
📖 Hook: An unexpected journey sparks reflection, chaos, and surprising moments of connection as ageing characters confront memory, independence, and life’s unfinished business
💫 Perfect For: Readers who enjoy heartfelt literary fiction with humour, strong character voices, and emotional depth
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Genre: Literary Fiction
Format:  Paperback
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About Silver Alert By Lee Smith

A driving force in literature, the one and only Lee Smith returns with a road trip novel, a story full of hope and humor about not going away quietly-at any age.

Aging Herb's charmed life with his dear wife, Susan, in their Key West house is coming undone. Susan now needs constant care, and Herb is in denial about his own ailing health. The one bright spot is the arrival of an endlessly optimistic manicurist calling herself Renee. She sings to Susan during manicures, gets her to paint, and brings her a sense of contentment.

But then Herb and Susan's adult children arrive to stage an intervention on their stubborn, independent father, and as a consequence, Renee's gig with Susan-and her grand plans for her own life-start to unravel as well. So much had seemed as if it could change for Renee, who is not the happy, uncomplicated young girl she pretends to be. She is actually named Dee Dee, and she's fleeing a dark past.

And Herb can't just let go of all that he has ever had. So, he suggests one last joy ride in his Porsche. And the two take off north out of Key West, soon setting off a Silver Alert. As the unlikely friendship between Herb and Dee Dee deepens, we see how as one life is closing down, another opens up.

In this buoyant novel, the masterful Smith asks: What do we deserve? And how do we make it our own? Sometimes, you just have to seize the wheel.

Age Range: 18+
Publisher Date: 16 April 2024
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Pages: 240
Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.8 x 1.4 cm
Language: English

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