Now a major film starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland, a novel "like life itself: joyous, painful, moving, tragic, mysterious, and not to be missed" (Booklist, starred review).

The Robinas have shared a wonderful life for more than sixty years. Now in their eighties, Ella suffers from cancer and John has Alzheimer's. Yearning for one last adventure, the self-proclaimed "down-on-their-luck geezers" kidnap themselves from the adult children and doctors who seem to run their lives and steal away from their home in suburban Detroit on a forbidden vacation of rediscovery.


With Ella as his vigilant copilot, John steers their '78 Leisure Seeker RV along the forgotten roads of Route 66 toward Disneyland in search of a past they're having a damned hard time remembering. Yet Ella is determined to prove that, when it comes to life, you can go back for seconds -- even when everyone says you can't.


"Come to the end and you'll say, Oh my God." -- Elmore Leonard, New York Times bestselling author of Get Shorty

"A sweet natured travelogue that's about the end of the road in more ways than one." -- Bob Morris, author of Assisted Loving

"An affecting road novel... Ella's wise, feisty voice turns what could be a sappy melodrama into an authentic and funny love story." -- Publishers Weekly

"Both achingly sad and intensely romantic, this unforgettable story of a last honeymoon hooked me from the first page." -- Marjorie Hart, author of the national bestseller Summer at Tiffany

"Zadoorian is true to these geezers. He draws them in their most honest light... I hoped for a book that would make me laugh during these tight times, and I was rewarded." -- Los Angeles Times

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