In New York Times bestselling author Nevada Barr's gripping standalone, a grandmother in her sixties emerges from a mental fog to find she's trapped in her worst nightmare
Rose Dennis wakes up in a hospital gown, her brain in a fog, only to discover that she's been committed to an Alzheimer's Unit in a nursing home. With no memory of how she ended up in this position, Rose is sure that something is very wrong. When she overhears one of the administrators saying about her that she's "not making it through the week," Rose is convinced that if she's to survive, she has to get out of the nursing home. She avoids taking her medication, putting on a show for the aides, then stages her escape.
Rose Dennis wakes up in a hospital gown, her brain in a fog, only to discover that she's been committed to an Alzheimer's Unit in a nursing home. With no memory of how she ended up in this position, Rose is sure that something is very wrong. When she overhears one of the administrators saying about her that she's "not making it through the week," Rose is convinced that if she's to survive, she has to get out of the nursing home. She avoids taking her medication, putting on a show for the aides, then stages her escape.
The only problem is—how does she convince anyone that she's not actually demented? Her relatives were the ones to commit her, all the legal papers were drawn up, the authorities are on the side of the nursing home, and even she isn't sure she sounds completely sane. But any lingering doubt Rose herself might have had is erased when a would-be killer shows up in her house in the middle of the night. Now Rose knows that someone is determined to get rid of her.
With the help of her computer hacker/recluse sister Marion, thirteen-year old granddaughter Mel, and Mel's friend Royal, Rose begins to gather her strength and fight back—to find out who is after her and take back control of her own life. But someone out there is still determined to kill Rose, and they're holding all the cards.
My Review:
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Rose wakes up in a Alzheimers unit in a nursing home. She knows she is fine and feels like someone is out to get her. She overhears that she isn't going to make it through the week. So she stops taking her medication and plots her escape.
With the help of her granddaughter, Mel and her friend, plus Rose's computer savvy sister she is on the run and looking for clues and trying to prove she doesn't have alzheimers. I laughed at some of the antics and I yelled at her as well. Sometimes she just made things look worse for herself.
Her family is the one who put her in the nursing home so she doesn't know who to trust. The one person I thought was involved in it is actually who helps her at the end so I was wrong about that person.
I received this from Minotaur books and NetGalley for review.
With the help of her granddaughter, Mel and her friend, plus Rose's computer savvy sister she is on the run and looking for clues and trying to prove she doesn't have alzheimers. I laughed at some of the antics and I yelled at her as well. Sometimes she just made things look worse for herself.
Her family is the one who put her in the nursing home so she doesn't know who to trust. The one person I thought was involved in it is actually who helps her at the end so I was wrong about that person.
I received this from Minotaur books and NetGalley for review.
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