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Escape from Assisted Living is a wonderful read, extremely funny yet perceptive and moving about families and aging.'Deidre Donahue, Contributing Book Editor, AARP'Comingofage fiction for the older crowd, in which debut novelist Hicks explores the burdens of secrets and guilt.' Kirkus ReviewsFrom the landmarks of Chicago to the wrong side of the law, Betty Miles escape from assisted living and her daughters quest to bring her home will test everyones assumptions about old age, family, and the kindness of secrets.Sharon DAngelo thought it was a solid plan to move her mother into a senior care facility, but after just three weeks, the octogenarian is already planning her exit.Bored with craft projects and the kitchen utensil band, Betty buys a train ticket to Chicago. But having spent her life as a model mother and housewife, she worries about misbehaving; a good mother wouldnt disappear like this. Then Betty learns that her late husbanda respectable mandid a little misbehaving himself: theres a safe deposit box stashed away in Chicago, filled with who knows what. Betty has to find the truth, no matter the consequences.Sharon is devastated to find Betty gone; a good daughter wouldnt lose her mother like this. She and her husband Vince trail after Betty, discovering along the way that their struggling marriage has its own secrets to confront and that a journey can change a family just as much as it can change an individual.In the sequel One More Foxtrot the women encounter second chances at independence and love. New characters like Vince's mother Mary and surprising old acquaintances and new ones bring new challenges in Elkhart Indiana and Chicago.
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