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    Old Age Ain't for Sissies
    Old Age Ain't for Sissies
    Old Age Ain't for Sissies
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    Old Age Ain't for Sissies

    By Barry Rachin

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    At two a.m., sixty-eight year-old Jack Monahan got a visit from his neighbor’s wife. Dilshad – the name means ‘joyful' in Persian - is having a panic attack and wants to run away from home. Or, perhaps, she just needs Jack’s help resurrecting her ‘joyless’ marriage.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarry Rachin
    Release dateFeb 18, 2019
    ISBN9780463942093
    Old Age Ain't for Sissies
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    Barry Rachin

    About the AuthorBorn in Boston, Massachusetts, Barry Rachin spent several years stationed in Yokuska, Japan as a Navy medic caring for casualties during the Vietnam War. He has studied at the University of Jerusalem, lived on a kibbutz for a year and holds a degree in clinical counseling from Simmons College. A self-taught woodworker, he presently lives in Attleboro, Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters.

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