Dwell Here and Prosper

Chris Eagle

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Tortoise Books
28 September 2023

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Romance

Dick, a blunt and bawdy Philly sports fan, finds himself in an assisted living facility following a stroke. Determined to regain his independence, he does daily laps around the grounds with his quad cane. But when recovery never comes, and days swell into years, Dick finds purpose instead by studying his fellow residents, chronicling their odd obsessions and their nasty arguments, their breakdowns, their drunken debaucheries-and yes, even their sexual escapades.

Dwell Here and Prosper is a gritty but heartfelt novel, heavily informed by the author's father and his experiences in assisted living near Philadelphia in the 90s. With its set of memorable outcasts-a shady jokester who insists he worked for the FBI, a schizophrenic Catholic who roams local cemeteries at night in search of the Virgin Mary, a twenty-six-year-old whose teeth mysteriously fell out, a middle-aged alcoholic who prostitutes herself to other residents for booze and cigarettes-it's a One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for a different generation and a different kind of institution. This timeless book offers a funny yet honest meditation on aging and community, and what it means to thrive in purgatory.

By: Chris Eagle
Imprint: Tortoise Books
Country of Publication: United States
ISBN: 9781948954792
ISBN 10: 1948954796
Pages: 294
Publication Date: 28 September 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Originally from Delco PA, Chris Eagle has lived in Berkeley, Paris, Antwerp, Pasadena, Sydney, Berlin, Chicago, and now Atlanta, where he teaches Health Humanities at Emory University. His short stories have appeared in AGNI, Louisiana Literature, and SORTES. Chris is currently at work on a short story collection set in Delco.

Reviews for Dwell Here and Prosper

Chris Eagle does an extraordinary job in this book showing the humanity as well as dignity one can maintain amongst daily indignities in some of our nation's assisted living and rehabilitation centers. One does not feel pity or contempt reading about these vulnerable and complicated characters, but a sense of awe watching people live life on life's terms. As the narrator of the book (Chris Eagle's dad, a lifelong Phillies fan) might have said, the author knocks it out of the park. - Michelle Bowdler, author, Is Rape a Crime? Longlisted for the National Book Award