Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old
Hendrik Groen
Contemporary Fiction
Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old
by Hendrik Groen
—· 366 p· 2016
Sunday Times Bestsellerfunnylightheartedhopefulreflective
Overview
About
The hilarious international bestselling novel that has had pensioners ditching their sticks and zimmers to follow the age-defying, youth inducing antics inside The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1⁄4 Years Old . . . 'Terrific. This geriatric Adrian Mole made me laugh' Woman and Home 'Funny and touching' BBC Radio 4 Meet Hendrik Groen. An octogenarian in a care home who has no intention of doing what he's told, or dying quietly. To that end, he creates the Old-But-Not-Dead Club and with his fel…
Part of a series
Hendrik Groen Diary Series
Vol. I · 3 of 7 volumes
VOL 2
2
II
Onbespoten
VOL 3
3
III
Leven en laten leven
4 more volumes
Pages
366
Penguin Books, Limited
Linguistic complexity
2/5
Straightforward
Thematic complexity
3/5
Layered
Rating
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Reader feel
Humor10
Emotional depth8
Narration8
Social Observation8
Pacing7
Prose6
Plot twists3
Worldbuilding2
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