Gather The Extra Ordinary Life Of Frank Derrick, Age 81 Drafted By J.B. Morrison Shown As Textbook

must say I really liked the sound of this book, and Im going to be honest I had absolutely no idea what to expect from this book when I started it.


Frank Derrick isand is run over by a milk float, causing his arm to break and his foot to fracture.
He had trouble filling the hours in his day when he was active, but now with his injuries he looks set for long weeks of watching DVDs.
But then Kelly Christmas the home help breezes into his life like a breath of fresh air, and she reminds him that adventure can come to people of all ages

I LOVED Frank Derrick his personality was wonderful and after reading I truly wish he was real and that I knew him in real life.
I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Frank and being able to read about what he go up to, I felt SUCH a range of emotions throughout I laughed with Frank, I enjoyed his adventures and most of all he touched my heart.
I got very emotional and I even had a few tears because I was really moved by Frank,

I cant describe what is so great about this bookit needs to be experienced to be enjoyed! You need to read it to get the atmosphere of it, feel the vibrancy of Frank and go on a truly moving journey with him.
I REALLY recommend this touching and captivating story, Een van mijn favoriete boeken van de afgelopen tijd!

Er zitten hele mooie stukken in, maar ook hele verdrietige, Het is fictie, maar op sommige momenten denk je dat het waargebeurd is! Heel goed geschreven en ik ben benieuwd naar het vervolg! Originally posted on: sitelink blogspot .

I really loved this story, It was funny and moving all at the same time and I loved the themes it explored throughout the book,

I fell in love with Frank's character, He is a really sweet and actually very funny man! His dry sense of humour and the whole books' sense of humour had me in actual fits! It was actually highly embarrassing as a lot of the time I read on the train and to save myself from laughing hysterically on a quiet train, I ended up sniggering through my nose! It was also the kind of humour that you keep repeating to yourself in your head and it just makes you laugh the more you think about it! Needless to say I got some very strange looks!

Although this novel was very funny, it actually has an underlying tone of sadness and loneliness to it.
Towards the end it very nearly broke my heart, I don't normally cry at things, but as I felt that I had got to know Frank so well, it did make my eyes tear up.
I really wanted to go and see my grandparents after reading this, They are very close to Frank Derrick's age and it made feel like I don't appreciate them enough especially as Frank's daughter is all the way on the other side of the Atlantic, leaving Frank pretty much all by himself.


I want everyone to read this book! It really was fantastic, I am really enjoying all this 'Golden Oldie' fiction as named by Natasha at Pan Macmillan that is coming out, This was close to the feel of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, but I much preferred Frank's story, I loved how the author was able to turn normal, everyday things into a wonderful story, I could easily immerse myself in Frank's world again and again,

An unexpectedly funny, touching and compelling story, I can't wait to read more from J, B Morrison! It's easy to say that this was a vairly typical idea, but then again, who knows how I'll feel about this when I'mIt poses a lot to think about and had a comfortable sort of a feeling to it, whilst nonetheless making the prospect of

retirement quite worrying.
Mi sono approcciata a questo libro con l'idea di leggere un libro che mi facesse non dico ridere ma almeno sorridere,
Così non è stato ma non lo dico con rammarico,
E' stato un libro dolce amaro, mi è piaciuto, Ho sentito ad alcuni che non hanno apprezzato le scelte del protagonista, anche secondo me sono state un po' estreme ma utili a capire come spesso le persone anziane si sentano sole.
Ecco forse è questa la cosa che ho apprezzato di più: il fatto che riesca ad emergere lo stato d'animo del protagonista e a volte con un sorriso dolce amaro farti capire come la solitudine è lì che si insinua e che una volta trovato l'antidoto si è disposti a fare di tutto o quasi per non "ammalarsi" di nuovo.
I think I must be on a roll with books about old people, This has been one of the most enjoyable, Funny, with lots of references to movies, like Rear Window and Singing in the Rain, And other injoke references to thinks that happened earlier in the book, The Extra Ordinary Life of Frank Derrick, AgeQuirky amp fun

J, B. Morrison, better known as Jim Bob, has written a quirky and fun novel in The Extra Ordinary Life of Frank Derrick, Age.
Everyone who reads this story will recognise someone in Frank Derrick, me Derek across the road who just happens to behas home help and gets taken to, Lidl, Morrisons and a posh shop at Waitrose yes we have them up north.


Frank Derrick isand gets run over by a milk float while out buying a pint of milk so his daughter hires him a care nurse while he recovers.
Like many widowers he is independent, cannot be bothered with the fussy outside world and certainly does not want or need some nurse bossing him about.


Kelly Christmas comes in to his life as his care nurse and a breath of fresh air in his life.
She is the reason why he goes from looking and acting like Compo to an aging English Don Juan in his West Sussex flat.
So rather than his life being going to the local shop and visiting Smelly John in his care home, Kelly breathes new life in to him.
She takes him out to the beach and the big Sainsburys shows that he can live once again instead of waiting in deaths waiting room.


As the end of his care sessions near Frank tries to raise the money to keep Kelly on, he tries pawning his charity shop buys, cleaning out his shed.
But he has to admit to himself that he has no money or savings he just is not good with money, it was his later wife who handled the purse strings.
With Kelly moving on he feels as if his life is going to fall to pieces,

This is a funny and quite quirky story that touches your emotions as we all know someone like Frank, Frank is nothing special and his life has not been remarkable or been a disaster he was just ordinary like the rest of us.
I am sure there are many men can see their own traits in Frank, I am fortunate no male in my family lives to theirotherwise I am Frank!
Frank Derrick isyears old when a milk float runs over him.
His injuries are quite severe, so it isn't easy for Frank to do the things he normally does, His arm is in a cast and he has trouble walking, To make things a bit easier his daughter hires a carer, Before the accident Frank's life used to be pretty simple, His wife has passed away and he's been living on his own ever since, His best friend has MS and he regularly visits him at the home he's living in, He loves to go to the charity shop to buy things he doesn't need and he's passionate about films, He eats tinned spaghetti and always goes to the same stores, He also likes talking to his cat,

Frank's carer, Kelly, is there to help him to take care of himself while his arm is in a cast.
Even though she's only there for Frank for a very short time each week she changes his life completely, Frank has found a will to live again, to experience new and old things, Unfortunately to keep Kelly his cat has to go, Every week he's preparing for her visit for several days and Kelly helps him to get out of the house as soon as he's able to again.
Frank goes out of his way to make her like him and to prove he isn't a sad old man who can't do anything by himself.
When he's with her Frank thinks he can conquer the world,

Frank Derrick is a lonely man, he only has one friend, his wife has passed away many years ago and his daughter is living in a different country.
She hardly ever comes to visit him, but Frank loves her and he thinks the world of her, Frank is such a sweet man, He's quirky and funny and I really enjoyed reading the descriptions of the way he looked and how he felt, I read this book with a big smile on my face and sometimes a few tears in my eyes, Frank is fantastic and I loved him immediately, He's so endearing. He's also naive and not very smart in some ways, but he's inventive and he tries everything to get what he wants.
That doesn't always work out, but it keeps him active and it was such fun reading material, Kelly is cheerful and wonderful to Frank, but caring is also her job, Frank sometimes forgets that, which is quite cute, I liked this book a lot and Frank will always have a special place in my heart,
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