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Can I read The Fountain of Youth on EtoBox?
The Fountain of Youth by Steve Shear is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Fountain of Youth about?
The story is told as it is experienced through the eyes and journal of GLICKMAN (in his seventies), who lives in a senior facility and is plagued with the memories of dementia, his mother's, and grandmother's. Every Sunday he performs a particular "ritual" to monitor and stay ahead of the possibility he will be next and has established a "quick fix" if that becomes likely. In the meantime, he is embroiled in the lives of many of the other residents including his sister, ESSIE, who like Glickman has an apartment on the Fountain's independent living floor. The two siblings share a love-hate relationship, in part because Essie suffers from a narcissistic personality and in part because Glickman doesn't. In the end it is Essie who needs the "quick fix" before her brother. There is also HESTER, a server at the Fountain, and her big sister, RUTH Wilson, the front desk clerk, who divulges to Glickman a horrific family secret that caused Hester to stop talking at the age of ten. She suffers from progressive mutism. Shortly after learning about the Wilson family secret, Glickman meets and instantly falls in love with CHRISTINA Abernathy, a retired psychotherapist, and an exceptionally beaut
Who reads The Fountain of Youth?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Steve Shear
- Publisher
- The Wild Rose Press, Inc. (Last Rose Of Summer Rose)
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781509213894
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Mystery, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.8 / 5 (10 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14