Brilliantly paced with some of the most energetic prose I\'ve ever had the pleasure of reading.
And readers of novels like Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes will adore Silver Alert ..
Fans of Smith\'s many books in her storied, bestselling career won\'t want to miss her newest novel.
In this buoyant novel, the masterful Smith asks: What do we deserve? And how do we make it our own? Sometimes, you just have to seize the wheel.
As the unlikely friendship between Herb and Dee Dee deepens, we see how as one life is closing down, another opens up.
And the two take off north out of Key West, soon setting off a Silver Alert.
So, he suggests one last joy ride in his Porsche.
And Herb can\'t just let go of all that he has ever had.
She is actually named Dee Dee, and she\'s fleeing a dark past.
So much had seemed as if it could change for Renee, who is not the happy, uncomplicated young girl she pretends to be.
But then Herb and Susan\'s adult children arrive to stage an intervention on their stubborn, independent father, and as a consequence, Renee\'s gig with Susan--and her grand plans for her own life--start to unravel as well.
She sings to Susan during manicures, gets her to paint, and brings her a sense of contentment.
The one bright spot is the arrival of an endlessly optimistic manicurist calling herself Renee.
Susan now needs constant care, and Herb is in denial about his own ailing health.
Aging Herb\'s charmed life with his dear wife, Susan, in their Key West house is coming undone.
The characters of Herb Atlas and Dee Dee are a pair for the ages, who you will long remember after the fall of the last page.--DAVID BALDACCI, author of author of The 6:20 Man A driving force in literature, the one and only Lee Smith returns with a road trip novel, a story full of hope and humor about not going away quietly--at any age.
Brilliantly paced with some of the most energetic prose I\'ve ever had the pleasure of reading
