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Breaking Out of Bedlam (2010)

af Leslie Larson

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Fiction. Literature. Romance. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:Cora Sledge is horrified when her children, who doubt her ability to take care of herself, plot to remove her from her home.

So what if her house is in shambles? Who cares when she last changed her clothes? If an eighty-two-year-old widow wants to live on junk food, pills, and cigarettes, hasn’t she earned the right? When her kids force her into The Palisades, an assisted living facility, Cora takes to her bed, planning to die as soon as possible. But life isn’t finished with her yet, not by a long shot.

Deciding that truth is the best revenge, Cora begins to write a tell-all journal that reveals once and for all the secret she has guarded since she was a young woman. In entries that are profane, profound, and gossipy, she chronicles her childhood in rural Missouri, her shotgun wedding, and the terrible event that changed the course of her life.

Intermingled with her reminiscences is an account of the day-to-day dramas at The Palisades—her budding romance with a suave new resident, feuds with her tablemates, her rollicking camaraderie with the man who oversees her health care, and the sinister cloud of suspicion that descends as a series of petty crimes sets everyone on edge. The story builds to a powerful climax as Cora’s revelations about her past mesh with the unraveling intrigue in the present.

Cora is by turns outrageous, irreverent, and wickedly funny. Despite a life with more than its share of disappointment and struggle, she refuses to go gently into her twilight years, remaining intensely curious, disinclined to play it safe, and willing to start over.

Breaking Out of Bedlam captures the loneliness and secrets that lurk within families, the hardscrabble reality facing women with limited resources, and the resilience of a woman who survives, despite all the odds, through an unlikely combination of passion, humor, and faith.

“Tough-edged Cora Sledge, 82, is a reluctant resident of The Palisades nursing home—a ‘prison [where] your only crime is you lived too long.’ Her tell-all journal, recounting dramas at the home (thefts, love affairs, rivalries) and a tragedy buried in her past, is profane, harrowing, comical—and Cora’s voice is spot-on.”—AARP Magazine.
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Just because you’re old doesn’t mean you have to wear pastels and look like an Easter egg, it doesn’t mean that you need to be treated like a child, and doesn’t mean you can’t fall in love. Cora Sledge, at age 82, is moved from her home to an assisted living facility against her will by her children. While there she starts a journal documenting her life both past and present. There are a lot of humorous observations about being old, and the way people treat seniors, especially in the beginning of the book. We learn Cora’s closely held secrets from her past, and watch her fall head over heels in love with one of the residents much to her children’s dismay. While the story line is rather predictable, Cora is a fully developed character that you really get to know and cheer on every step of the way (even when she’s wrong). ( )
  tshrope | Jan 13, 2020 |
What a wonderful book!! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this story of the fictional character Cora Sledge and her journey from victimization to survivor. What a triumph! ( )
  Mokihana | Jun 30, 2019 |
3.5 stars

Cora is upset with her children (one daughter and two sons), because they’ve contrived behind her back to get her into an assisted living home. She doesn’t want to be there; she wants to be at home with her dog Lulu. She was given a notebook, so she starts writing in it. Via this notebook, the reader learns about Cora’s life – both currently, and the life she lived to this point. One positive thing to come out of this, though: in the home, she meets a new man. But, she still wants to go home!

This was good. Cora was feisty and I (mostly) liked her. She sure had some troubles, though. I also felt really bad for her, for multiple reasons, past and present. I loved Marcos, who worked in the home and watched over Cora. He was fun! ( )
  LibraryCin | Nov 7, 2018 |
Just because you’re old doesn’t mean you have to wear pastels and look like an Easter egg, it doesn’t mean that you need to be treated like a child, and doesn’t mean you can’t fall in love. Cora Sledge, at age 82, is moved from her home to an assisted living facility against her will by her children. While there she starts a journal documenting her life both past and present. There are a lot of humorous observations about being old, and the way people treat seniors, especially in the beginning of the book. We learn Cora’s closely held secrets from her past, and watch her fall head over heels in love with one of the residents much to her children’s dismay. While the story line is rather predictable, Cora is a fully developed character that you really get to know and cheer on every step of the way (even when she’s wrong). ( )
  trishrope | Feb 7, 2014 |
A fun read, something a little different. A lesson that the elderly are no different than anyone else, although with luck, they take life a little less seriously. ( )
  JeanetteSkwor | Feb 7, 2012 |
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Fiction. Literature. Romance. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:Cora Sledge is horrified when her children, who doubt her ability to take care of herself, plot to remove her from her home.

So what if her house is in shambles? Who cares when she last changed her clothes? If an eighty-two-year-old widow wants to live on junk food, pills, and cigarettes, hasn’t she earned the right? When her kids force her into The Palisades, an assisted living facility, Cora takes to her bed, planning to die as soon as possible. But life isn’t finished with her yet, not by a long shot.

Deciding that truth is the best revenge, Cora begins to write a tell-all journal that reveals once and for all the secret she has guarded since she was a young woman. In entries that are profane, profound, and gossipy, she chronicles her childhood in rural Missouri, her shotgun wedding, and the terrible event that changed the course of her life.

Intermingled with her reminiscences is an account of the day-to-day dramas at The Palisades—her budding romance with a suave new resident, feuds with her tablemates, her rollicking camaraderie with the man who oversees her health care, and the sinister cloud of suspicion that descends as a series of petty crimes sets everyone on edge. The story builds to a powerful climax as Cora’s revelations about her past mesh with the unraveling intrigue in the present.

Cora is by turns outrageous, irreverent, and wickedly funny. Despite a life with more than its share of disappointment and struggle, she refuses to go gently into her twilight years, remaining intensely curious, disinclined to play it safe, and willing to start over.

Breaking Out of Bedlam captures the loneliness and secrets that lurk within families, the hardscrabble reality facing women with limited resources, and the resilience of a woman who survives, despite all the odds, through an unlikely combination of passion, humor, and faith.

“Tough-edged Cora Sledge, 82, is a reluctant resident of The Palisades nursing home—a ‘prison [where] your only crime is you lived too long.’ Her tell-all journal, recounting dramas at the home (thefts, love affairs, rivalries) and a tragedy buried in her past, is profane, harrowing, comical—and Cora’s voice is spot-on.”—AARP Magazine.

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