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Two Friends, Too Old Kindle Edition

by Robert Scott (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
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What would you do if you saw your best friend for 60 years slipping over the edge into mental oblivion? You would do anything to help him, right? Frank and Clay have been friends since the first day of first grade. Now both in their mid-sixties and retired, Frank is looking forward to spending a lot of quality time hanging out with his lifelong friend. But all that is threatened when Frank sees Clay going around the bend.

Clay denies he has a problem and rejects Frank’s initial suggestions for help. But when Frank stumbles upon a drug that might help, he renews his efforts to help his buddy and he talks Clay into taking the drug. That works great, for a while. But Frank couldn’t quite bring himself to tell Clay the entire truth about the drug, and that deception has tragic consequences, not only for Clay but also for Frank.
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  1. Print length
    128 pages
  2. Language
    English
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  4. Publication date
    Aug. 7 2012
  5. File size
    379 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008Y604JO
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fresh Ink Group (Aug. 7 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 379 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

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Robert Scott

Robert Scott

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I'm a retired attorney, I practiced law for 37 years and I figured if I couldn't get it right with all that practice I should give it up. So I quit it. But then I had to decide what I wanted to do, now that I'm grown up, so I landed on fiction writing. It doesn't pay much, writing fiction, but you meet a lot of real nice people and unlike writing legal briefs, I get to make things up. And I was inspired to create a website, which was a lot of fun. Take a look. https://robertscottwriter.wordpress.com/

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3.7 out of 5 stars
3.7 out of 5
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Top review from Canada

mhembroff
4.0 out of 5 stars The characters feel real and could easily be your next door neighbour.
Reviewed in Canada on March 15, 2018
Clay and Frank have been friends since childhood. They have been through many things which included getting married and having children. Clay has recently lost his wife and he starts to deteriorate and Frank doesn't know what to do about it.
Frank is shocked when he sees his best friend Clay beat his dog, Molly to death. This is a side of his friend he hasn't seen before. When Clay returns to his normal self he has an excuse for doing what he did.
Over the course of the story Frank sees his best friend change right before his eyes. Frank stumbles on a pill that could help and convinces Clay that he should take them. This works for awhile until he quits taking the medication. Then the situation goes from bad to worse.
This story takes many twists and turns and will surprise you. I was drawn into the story from the first page and I had to keep turning the page to see what would happen. The characters feel real and could easily be your next door neighbour.
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Christa Reed
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story, wonderful characters
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2012
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I expected this book to be an interesting look at a long friendship but what I didn't expect was how sharp and even funny it would be. Or how gripping and surprising the plot would be. Scott has a smart economy of language (mimicking the personalities of his main characters) and a tight plot that keeps you flying through the pages of what is essentially a kind of thriller, which is rare in the Midwestern small town setting that's outwardly Norman Rockwell-esque. It made me laugh out loud at moments but even more often made me sharply suck in my breath. There is a small-town sweetness in it but make no mistake, the author pulls no punches and it's not sentimental. It made me think about growing older and about the road that our choices lead us down. The characters are so specific while also being universal. My favorite part about it was that the book takes the reader's connection with the main character and turns it on its head. It's a fast and interesting read, spare in style but rich in texture. Reminds one that a simple story can be powerful.
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Jenny Lloyd author of Leap the Wild Water
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely brilliant. Loved it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2013
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What a page-turning read this was. I read it in two sittings. From the opening pages to the last, I was gripped by this story and had to know what was going to happen next.

On the surface, its a story about two old timers, Frankie and Clay, one of whom is losing his mind to old age. The first suspicion Frankie has that something is seriously going wrong with his life-long friend, Clay, is when he comes across him beating his beloved dog to death.

From there, things go from bad to worse in a terrifying, downward spiral of events. Frankie tries to help Clay by giving him a drug for dementia. As the saying goes, you can take a horse to water but you cannot make him drink. Frankie is faced with a dilemma - how best to deal with his friend who is becoming a danger to others, including Frankie's own granddaughter, Shellie.

This story will leave you thinking long after you finish reading it. At its core lies some deep questions about right and wrong; selfishness and selflessness; what drives people to act against their own conscience; the impossible choices some are forced to make and how the choices we make can irredeemably change who we are.

The oh-so-clever-twist at the end of the tale took me completely by surprise and was perfection.

Absolutely brilliant. I loved it. Highly recommend.
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Lisa Miller
4.0 out of 5 stars A fast, gripping story
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2013
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In this sharply-focused story, Scott explores new territory for a crime novel while also portraying a gripping test of friendship between two aging men. Few authors have considered early stage dementia as an element in the criminal mind. This book is not your typical genre novel. In fact, it doesn't neatly fit any category. Frank and Clay are the kind of characters that a reader starts to worry about when he's away from the book. I was always eager to get back to the story, and I especially enjoyed the surprises and unexpected twists. It invites reflection on the aging process and on the limits of loyalty between friends.
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LoriD
1.0 out of 5 stars Depressing
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2013
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This book was very depressing and to the extreme. How many people with dementia are out there killing people? I don't know and I don't want to know. I do know there are many older people aging well and I'd rather read about their upbeat life and adventures.
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Paulette p
3.0 out of 5 stars what is a friend
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2013
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this book was not what i thought it was about. they had a very strange friendship , if being a friend means that if you get mad at someone you just kill him and you just keep lying about it makes you a friend, then i can not agree. they both need help.
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