The Silver Squad - Essen, Marty

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Résumé :
The Bold, the Brave, and the Wrinkled: Retirement Just Got Rowdy! ? Gold Medal: 2025 Readers' Favorite Awards for Fiction - Humor/Comedy ? Gold Medal: 2025 IPPY Award - Humor ? Winner: 22nd Annual Best Book Awards - Humor/Comedy/Satire ? Winner: 2025 IAN Book of the Year Award - Humor/Comedy/Satire ? Winner: The 2025 Best Indie Book Award (BIBA) - Humor Satire ? Winner: 2025 National Indie Excellence Award - Best Romantic Comedy ? Winner: 2024 Indies Today Award - Best Humor Book ? Top-5 Finalist: Shelf Unbound - Best Indie Book 2025 Barry and Beth, high school sweethearts separated by time and circumstance, find themselves reunited at the Blue Loon Village senior living center in Minneapolis. Now both seventy, they rekindle their relationship only to discover how differently time has shaped them. Beth has blossomed into a free spirit with a goth flair, while Barry has transformed into the curmudgeon he swore in his youth he'd never become. Determined to prove you're never too old to make a difference, they set off on a daring road trip across America as Silver Squad vigilantes. Along the way, they pick up a woman on the run from her abusive husband, confront a mass shooter with only a can of SPAM for defense, and become accidental celebrities along the way. Inspired by a dollop of Harold and Maude, a pinch of Dexter, a sprinkle of Thelma & Louise, a dash of Bonnie and Clyde, a quiver of Robin Hood, and a curmudgeon of A Man Called Ove, The Silver Squad: Rebels With Wrinkles is a comedic novel that celebrates living life to the fullest....

Biographie:
Marty Essen began writing professionally in the 1990s as a features writer for Gig Magazine. His first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, won six awards, and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune named it a Top Ten Green Book. His second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico, won four awards.His seventh book, Doctor Refurb, was a Booklife by Publisher's Weekly Editor's Pick and a Top-5 Finalist in the Shelf Unbound 2022 Best Indie Book contest.The Silver Squad: Rebels With Wrinkles is Marty's eighth and most mass appeal book to-date. It is the Gold Medal Winner in the 2025 IPPY Awards for Humor, Winner of the 2025 National Indie Excellence Award for Best Romantic Comedy, and the Winner of the 2024 Indies Today Award for Best Humor Book, and a Booklife by Publisher's Weekly Editor's Pick.Marty is also a popular college speaker. Over the past eighteen years, he has captivated audiences with the stage-show version of Cool Creatures, Hot Planet, performing it on hundreds of campuses in forty-five states....

Sommaire:
The Bold, the Brave, and the Wrinkled: Retirement Just Got Rowdy! ? Gold Medal: 2025 Readers' Favorite Award for Fiction - Humor/Comedy ? Gold Medal: 2025 IPPY Award for Humor ? Winner: 2025 National Indie Excellence Award for Best Romantic Comedy ? Winner: 2024 Indies Today Award for Best Humor Book Barry and Beth, high school sweethearts separated by time and circumstance, find themselves reunited at the Blue Loon Village senior living center in Minneapolis. Now both seventy, they rekindle their relationship only to discover how differently time has shaped them. Beth has blossomed into a free spirit with a goth flair, while Barry has transformed into the curmudgeon he swore in his youth he'd never become. Determined to prove you're never too old to make a difference, they set off on a daring road trip across America as Silver Squad vigilantes. Along the way, they pick up a woman on the run from her abusive husband, confront a mass shooter with only a can of SPAM for defense, and become accidental celebrities along the way. Inspired by a dollop of Harold and Maude, a pinch of Dexter, a sprinkle of Thelma & Louise, a dash of Bonnie and Clyde, a quiver of Robin Hood, and a curmudgeon of A Man Called Ove, The Silver Squad: Rebels With Wrinkles is a comedic novel that celebrates living life to the fullest....