Dick, a blunt and bawdy Philly sports fan, finds himself in an assisted living facility following a stroke. Determined to regain his independence, he does daily laps around the grounds with his quad cane. But when recovery never comes, and days swell into years, Dick finds purpose instead by studying his fellow residents, chronicling their odd obsessions and their nasty arguments, their breakdowns, their drunken debaucheriesand yes, even their sexual escapades. Dwell Here and Prosper is a gritty but heartfelt novel, heavily informed by the authors father and his experiences in assisted living near Philadelphia in the 90s. With its set of memorable outcastsa shady jokester who insists he worked for the FBI, a schizophrenic Catholic who roams local cemeteries at night in search of the Virgin Mary, a twentysixyearold whose teeth mysteriously fell out, a middleaged alcoholic who prostitutes herself to other residents for booze and cigarettesits a One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest for a different generation and a different kind of institution. This timeless book offers a funny yet honest meditation on aging and community, and what it means to thrive in purgatory.

Binding: Paperback;294 pages; Publisher: Tortoise Books; Classification: FA; Weight: 492 g; Dimensions: 146 x 211 x 19

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