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knitreader's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
jbarr5's review against another edition
5.0
old friends by john tracey kidder
2 old men in a little room and they talk of their past, sorrow, life,
they live in a nursing home. Lou Fried and Joe Tokeyo are in the same
room at the nursing home.
2 old men in a little room and they talk of their past, sorrow, life,
they live in a nursing home. Lou Fried and Joe Tokeyo are in the same
room at the nursing home.
pattieod's review against another edition
3.0
A beautiful book about a horrible place - a nursing home - and a friendship that is made there.
satyridae's review
4.0
This book was very difficult for me to get through, not because it was poorly written but quite the contrary. Kidder's lucent prose brings the sadness and loneliness of the nursing home to vivid life. It's possible that reading this soon after my own grandmother died, much diminished, was unwise. It's haunting and frightening and well-done but I can't say I liked it. I suffered through it in an agony of projection and reflection and grief. Even so, I recommend it- if for nothing else than to bring you into the present, wonderful moment. Take big bites now, before it's too late.
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