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Frederick Fife didn’t mean to take over the life of a dead man; it was all just a silly misunderstanding. When he visits the beach the day he’s to be tossed out of his small apartment, he ends up being taken to a nursing home in the place of a dead man in a wheelchair. He tries to tell them he’s not Bernard, but apparently Bernard wasn’t in his right mind. After a few days, he just decides to stay at the home, where he has a roof over his head and plenty of good food.
Besides food and shelter, being at Bernard’s nursing home gives Frederick people to befriend. Frederick has always had a big heart, and it does him good to share it with the people around him, both fellow residents and employees of the home. Being welcomed and befriended helps fill the big hole left in his heart since his wife died.
The plot thickens, however, when one employee starts to get suspicious and puts some pieces together about Frederick-as-Bernard. And when someone from Bernard’s past shows up, Frederick has to decide what’s truly going to be the best for everyone involved.
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife is a charming, heartwarming novel. Frederick is a goodhearted, kind, generous man, and it’s a pleasure to share in his point of view for the length of the story. When he feels lonely and sad, you just cheer him on. When the situation gets complicated, you hope that everything can work out for every single person involved. It’s so sweet to see the impact Frederick has on each person he meets, so you particularly want the goodness to come right back to him.
Just delightful. You’ll want to borrow this from the library right away… or buy it.
Rated: Mild. Profanity includes around 30 instances of moderate profanity, about 30 uses of mild language, a dozen instances of the name of Deity in vain, and almost 30 uses of British (bl-) profanity. Sexual content includes some references to sex (including a nursing-home resident who has a busy sex life and makes advances and innuendo) and some mentions of nudity.
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