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Into the Sunset
by Donald Capone
Paperback : 242 pages
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Introduction
Wayne Benson doesn?t require nursing care. He's not a senior citizen. He isn?t even retired. But this healthy 30-year-old bachelor believes the comfortable life of The Sunset, an assisted-living retirement community, would be a soothing alternative to his hectic lifestyle.
Everything he desires?gourmet meals, laundry services, camaraderie, tranquility?is available for one all-inclusive monthly fee. The only problem? He isn?t the required minimum age of sixty-two. So, he dons theatrical make-up and gray wig to age himself forty years, and is accepted into The Sunset.
Will everything go as smoothly as planned? Of course not! His elderly love interest becomes suspicious of his under-cover-of-darkness-only lovemaking, his neighbor wants to go to strip clubs and experiment with Viagra®, the head of security is more interested in extortion than security, and the woman who runs The Sunset may be onto his scheme.
This crazy idea that by dressing and acting as an old man this guy can live in a retirement home for less than living in an apartment and get his meals cooked for him and his bed made to boot. Strong, well written with some areas of weakness emerging concerning dress and makeup.
It is a very different sort of story with lots of interesting possibilities. The story idea is good and the writing is well done. The story moves along easily and smoothly. The plot is really well conceived and intriguing. I need to find this story and read the ending someday. In fact I can see this plot being picked up for a TV series that would be hilarious.
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