This is the story of an old-age home, told mainly through the stories of Lou and Joe, two residents. It is an oral history of their lives and of this century. The author won the Pulitzer Prize for "The Soul of a New Machine". This book was shortlisted for the Waterstones/Esquire/Volvo Award for Non-fiction.
- ISBN10 0140140913
- ISBN13 9780140140910
- Publish Date 25 May 1995 (first published 1 September 1993)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 3 December 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Penguin Books / Granta
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 368
- Language English