Rent A Family

By James Cooke

Stuck in a nursing home, widower Leo Zepka hires two actors to portray the children who never visit him. With the actors' help, Leo escapes from the home and flees to Florida -- only to have his children go after him in this poignant comic work of fiction.

• Language: English
• Publisher: James Cooke
• Release date: Jun 28, 2010
• ISBN: 9781452399997

James Cooke

James Cooke is an experienced Operations Manager having just completed a 33 year police career at Scotland Yard. He was latterly responsible for developing several pioneering programmes of work to counter the growing threat of gun and gang crime in London. He has now established a new business, Standing Start Solutions, which provides operations training and VIP Close Protection security services. James is based in London.

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