The Great Unexpected - Softcover

Mooney, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1787198855 ISBN 13: 9781787198852

Publisher: Legend Press, 2018

Synopsis

“If you’re going to end it, you better make it big. No slipping off bridges, it’s undignified for men of our vintage. Go big or don’t bother.”

Joel lives in a nursing home and he’s not one bit happy about it. He doesn’t like being told when to eat, when to sleep, when to take his pills. In fact, he doesn’t like living at all, and he’s decided he’s going to end his life on his terms.

When he tells retired soap-actor Frank about his dark plan, Frank urges him to go out with a bang. Together, they embark on a mission to find the perfect suicide, and along the way, discover the strength of friendship when you really feel alone.

'An engaging and poignant story that deserves to be read and enjoyed' Juliet Conlin

'A brilliantly rallying cry to society filled with wonderful characters and brilliant humour' The Bookbag

'A darkly funny, heart-breaking and ultimately uplifting story' Steven Primrose-Smith

'A testimony to the powerful medicine that a friend can be' Kirkus

About this title

Review:

'A wonderfully gentle book about friendship, loss and hope. With Joel and Frank, Mooney has created two memorable characters, while carefully and cleverly avoiding stereotypes around ageing. An engaging and poignant story that deserves to be read and enjoyed!'--Juliet Conlin

'That perfect blend of pitch-black, sardonic humour ... a brilliant rallying cry to society filled with wonderful characters and a brilliant British humour ... writes about the consequences of ignoring our elderly population with pitch black wit and a lot of heart'

'A darkly funny, heart-breaking and ultimately uplifting story that could so easily have wandered into sentimentality but never got close. A beautiful and realistic voyage of a developing friendship including all the rocks along the way'--Steven Primrose-Smith

About the Author:

Dan Mooney is a 32-year-old writer and air traffic controller. An amateur filmmaker, with one of his short films broadcast on national TV, Dan is also a fan of amateur dramatics, rugby and is a friend to many cats. Dan wrote his first piece of fiction for a child-operated local newspaper at age ten and has been writing ever since.

Follow Dan on Twitter @danielmoonbags

He lives in Limerick, Ireland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Legend Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1787198855
• ISBN 13: 9781787198852
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288