So Long, Chester Wheeler
A Novel
Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, 2022.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 292 pages ; 22 cm
"Lewis Madigan is young, gay, out of work, and getting antsy when he's roped into providing end-of-life care for his insufferable homophobic neighbor, Chester Wheeler. Lewis doesn't need the aggravation, just the money. The only requirements: run errands, be on call, and put up with a miserable old churl no one else in Buffalo can bear. After exchanging barbs, bickering, baiting, and pushing buttons, Chester hits Lewis with the big ask. Lewis can't say no to a dying wish: drive Chester to Arizona in his rust bucket of a Winnebago to see his ex-wife for the first time in thirty-two years--for the last time. One week, two thousand miles. To Lewis, it becomes an illuminating journey into the life and secrets of a vulnerable man he's finally beginning to understand. A neighbor, a stranger, and a surprising new friend whose closure on a conflicted past is also just beginning."-Amazon.
Subjects:
Young gay men -- Fiction.
Older people -- Fiction.
Neighbors -- Fiction.
Death -- Fiction.
People with disabilities -- Fiction.
Terminally ill -- Fiction.
Young gay men -- Fiction.
Older people -- Fiction.
Neighbors -- Fiction.
Death -- Fiction.
People with disabilities -- Fiction.
Terminally ill -- Fiction.
ISBN:
1542021596
Includes discussion questions.