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Play On! A Novel

$5.00 – $25.00

A novel by Judy Dearlove
RCWMS Press, 2019
Paperback: $25
  (ISBN # 978-0-9960876-7-9)
eBook: $5
  (ISBN # 978-1-7351431-0-1)

Note: This eBook (ePub) won’t work on a Kindle. It works on the other readers. Buy the Kindle version at Amazon.com.

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Description

In Play On!, eighty-two year-old Maxine Olson secretly applies to become the assistant director of the Tucson retirement center where she lives. She applies on a lark, but when her nemesis conspires to fill the position with her own gerontophobic granddaughter, Maxine pursues the job as if her life depended on it because – in all the important ways – it does.

In pursuit of her improbable goal, Maxine gathers an eclectic band of retirees and eccentric young people. Together they confront age discrimination, the tribulations of technology, and a nearly estranged daughter. Ultimately, however, Maxine’s greatest challenge comes from within. She no longer has the energy to be a good full-time assistant director, a good friend, and a good mother. She must choose, and she has only 24 hours to set things right.

Although Play On! deals with an aging population, it is neither dark nor satirical. It celebrates the resiliency and creativity of characters who acknowledge their own mortality while still embracing the life-affirming values of friendship and play. Despite the limitations forced upon them by age, they pursue their dreams with grace, good humor, and a skilled sense of gamesmanship.

Play On! is a finalist for the INDIES Book of the Year Award.

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Paperback, eBook, Amazon Kindle

Reviews

  1. Laurel Ferejohn – June 23, 2020

    What do a pair of octogenarian besties, a gospel-singing, classic-car loving sidekick, a stressed-out financial executive, and a drag queen emcee and bouncer have in common? In Judy Dearlove’s Play On!, the simple answer is: love.

    But there’s nothing simple about the richly layered quest the protagonists undertake, individually and together, while doing battle against a sudden threat to their way of life and a villain rivaling Cruella de Vil.

    Come for the standout, quirky characters, the whip-smart dialogue, the brilliant plot twists, and the oxygen cart/walker named Seabiscuit; stay for the healing solidarity of friendship. Stay for the love.

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