The Lodge at Bristlecone Pines

By Thomas Bruce

They were left there to die. Six residents of a fledgling elderly care home. They however weren't done living and join together calling themselves Table 21. You're never too old to live, to give, to learn, to challenge yourself, to be productive and to share your life perspective. That is what Table 21 learns during their time at The Lodge at Bristlecone Pines. Through their determination they create a home for those that have a life to live. Share this book with family and friends. It's inspirational, heart warming and funny. It's thought provoking and starts the conversation: There's got to be a better way to care for our parents.A published author ravaged by dementia with stories still to be told, a retired detective who can't turn off his investigative mind, an executive chef with nowhere to cook, a retired nurse who isn't done caring, the retail executive with nowhere to sell, and a retired delicatessen owner who dreams of teaching his craft.Thrown together by a simple table rotation at Chelsea Manor the six come together and form Table21. Their new home is soon taken over by Levi Jorgensen, an eighteen-year-old aspiring Olympic skier who, due to drug addiction, accidentally killed his grandmother.In her will, Levi's grandmother leaves the facility to him with instructions to renovate it into The Lodge at Bristlecone Pines. Levi however intends to sell the facility to land developers. Table 21, are a handful for Levi and escape on a three hundred mile journey to go and see a real Bristlecone Pine Tree to fulfill one of their dreams. They fight to keep their home, and what follows are the heartwarming hilarious adventures of Table 21 as they set out to prove that Levi is a drug addict who is stealing their medications. Tragedy, however, touches both sides and causes them to open their hearts and minds to having empathy for their fellow human being.Bristlecone Pines challenges the way we see and treat our elderly parents. It provokes change by reminding us they have amazing life perspective and can still be productive no matter what their age.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1519045166
• ISBN13: 9781519045164
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 6.0"