&lsquo\;Would you mind terribly\, old boy\ , if I borrowed the rest of your life? I promise I&rsquo\;ll take excellen t care of it.'
\nFrederick Fife was born with an extra helping of ki ndness in his heart. If he borrowed your car\, he&rsquo\;d return it washe d with a full tank of gas. The problem is there&rsquo\;s nobody left in Fr ed&rsquo\;s life to borrow from. At eighty-two\, he&rsquo\;s desperately l onely\, broke\, and on the brink of homelessness. But Fred&rsquo\;s luck c hanges when\, in a bizarre case of mistaken identity\, he takes the place of grumpy Bernard Greer at the local nursing home. Now he has warm meals i n his belly and a roof over his head&mdash\;as long as his poker face is i n better shape than his prostate and that his look-alike never turns up.\n
Denise Simms is stuck breathing the same disappointing air again an d again. A middle-aged mom and caregiver at Bernard's facility\, her crumb ling marriage and daughter's health concerns are suffocating her joy for l ife. Wounded by her two-faced husband\, she vows never to let a man deceiv e her again.
\nAs Fred walks in Bernard&rsquo\;s shoes\, he leaves a trail of kindness behind him\, fueling Denise's suspicions about his true identity. When unexpected truths are revealed\, Fred and Denise rediscove r their sense of purpose and learn how to return a broken life to mint con dition.
\nBittersweet and remarkably perceptive\, The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife is a hilarious\, feel-good\, clever novel about grief\, forgiveness\, redemption\, and finding family.
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