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Should we stay or should we go : a novel / Lionel Shriver.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063094246
- ISBN: 006309424X
- Physical Description: 266 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | When her father, who had been ravaged by Alzheimer's for ten years, dies, Kay and her husband, Cyril, determined to one day die with dignity, take control of their final years by making a pact to exit the world together at the age of eighty. Over ten years, Kay Wilkinson watched as Alzheimer's steadily eroded her father into a paranoid lunatic. Both medical professionals, Kay and her husband Cyril have seen too many elderly patients in similar states of decay. Although healthy and vital in their early fifties, the couple fears what may lie ahead. Determined to die with dignity, Cyril makes a modest proposal: To spare themselves and their loved ones such a humiliating and protracted decline, they should agree to commit suicide together once they've both turned eighty. When their deal is sealed, the spouses are blithely looking forward to another three decades together. But then they turn eighty.... -- adapted from jacket |
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| Subject: | Married people > Fiction. Older people > Fiction. Suicide pacts > Fiction. Choice (Psychology) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Novels. |
Available copies
- 31 of 31 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Putnam Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 31 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Putnam Public Library | SHRIVER (Text) | 33610148408518 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | F SHRIVER, L. (Text) | 32544072742215 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Brookfield Library | F/SHRIVER (Text) | 34029149137290 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | FIC SHR (Text) | 34014150099415 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village | F Shr (Text) | 33180148082671 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Easton Public Library | FIC SHRIVER, LIONEL (Text) | 37777123603458 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | FIC SHRIVER,L (Text) | 34026143985583 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Gunn Memorial Library - Washington | FIC SHR (Text) | 34055145675959 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hotchkiss Library - Sharon | Fic Shr (Text) | 33660148213509 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Howard Whittemore Library - Naugatuck | FIC SHRIVER, LIONEL (Text) | 34027144040204 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon | FIC SHR (Text) | 33430147655963 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Kent Library Association - Kent | F SHR (Text) | 33410147731956 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Killingly Library | F Shr (Text) | 34040143561765 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Killingworth Library Association | FIC SHR (Text) | 33420149179245 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Mark Twain Library Association - Redding | FIC Shr (Text) | 33620150393474 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Milford Public Library | SHRIVER Lionel (Text) | 34013150215427 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| New Milford Public Library | F SHRIV (Text) | 34021139525618 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Norfolk Library | FIC SHR (Text) | 36058010290514 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| North Branch - Bridgeport | FIC SHRIVER (Text) | 34000151224680 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Plumb Memorial Library - Shelton | FIC SHRIVER (Text) | 34025144100333 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ridgefield Library | FIC SHRIVER (Text) | 34010150294832 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Rowayton Library | F SHR (Text) | 33625122836872 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Scoville Memorial Library - Salisbury | FIC SHRIVER (Text) | 37538150301162 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Seymour Public Library | F SHRIVER (Text) | 34043148359029 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | FIC SHRIVER, L (Text) | 34005151161030 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Thomaston Public Library | FIC SHRIVER (Text) | 34020146434186 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Thompson Public Library | Shriver (Text) | 34038139236707 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Tolland Public Library | F SHR (Text) | 34051150358664 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Weston Public Library | SHRIVER (Text) | 34053150427572 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Wolcott Public Library | FIC SHRIVER, L. SH (Text) | 34031148795193 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Woodbury Public Library | FIC SHRIVER (Text) | 34018150366633 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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| 520 | . | ‡aOver ten years, Kay Wilkinson watched as Alzheimer's steadily eroded her father into a paranoid lunatic. Both medical professionals, Kay and her husband Cyril have seen too many elderly patients in similar states of decay. Although healthy and vital in their early fifties, the couple fears what may lie ahead. Determined to die with dignity, Cyril makes a modest proposal: To spare themselves and their loved ones such a humiliating and protracted decline, they should agree to commit suicide together once they've both turned eighty. When their deal is sealed, the spouses are blithely looking forward to another three decades together. But then they turn eighty.... -- adapted from jacket | |
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