01792cam a2200385 i 4500 341096271 TxAuBib 20180308120000.0 170628s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781455542178 1455542172 (OCoLC)956626352 TxAuBib rda eng dut Groen, Hendrik,. Pogingen iets van het leven te maken English. The secret diary of Hendrick Groen / Hendrick Groen ; translated by Hester Velmans. Secret diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 years old, The. First U.S. edition. New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2017. 378 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A novel."--Book jacket. Previous English language editions published with the title: Attempts to make something of life: the secret diary of Hendrick Groen, 83 1/4 years old. Hendrik sets out to write an exposé: a year in the life of his care home in Amsterdam, revealing all its ups and downs--not least his new endeavor, the anarchic Old-But-Not-Dead Club. And when Eefje moves in--the woman Hendrik has always longed for--he polishes his shoes (and his teeth), grooms what's left of his hair and attempts to make something of the life he has left. 20180308. Translated from the Dutch: Pogingen iets van het leven te maken. Older men Fiction. Retirement communities Fiction. Diary fiction. Humorous fiction. Velmans, Hester,.