Managed Care - Joe Barrett

Managed Care

By: Joe Barrett

Paperback | 13 September 2018

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"Funniest book I've ever read." -Tom McCaffrey, bestselling author of The Wise Ass

Is it too much to ask that a managed care facility refund a year's advance payment when your grandfather dies before he can move in?

Frank Johnson doesn't think so, which is why the thirty-three-year-old now lives in a nursing home, locked in a chess match feud with management that doesn't occupy nearly enough of his time.

When foster kid Elroy is thrust into his life, Frank decides to turn this forced relationship to his advantage - launching a string of absurd decisions, inappropriate behaviors and unexpected glimpses of tenderness that ultimately turn a New Jersey suburb upside down. A laugh-out-loud celebration of bad choices for good causes, Managed Care is an offbeat story about three misfits on the social fringes of suburbia and their ridiculous campaign to introduce an unfiltered version of intimacy to their stale, impersonal community. Because, according to Frank, it's probably what Jesus would have wanted.

Grab a copy Managed Care today... Kirkus Reviews calls it, "Witty, occasionally crass, and an unqualified delight!"

Industry Reviews

Maxy Awards "Book of the Year" 2019

Pencraft Awards "Best Fiction Book of 2019"

2020 Eric Hoffer Book Award Best Fiction - Honorable Mention

"Witty, occasionally crass, and an unqualified delight." -Kirkus Reviews

"An absolutely sensational debut novel filled with dry humor, heartfelt moments, and exceptional characters." -Sublime Book Review

"A master storyteller and humorist." -Authors Reading

"This irreverent romp is full of laugh-out-loud dialogue and a zany plot that ultimately leads with heart." -US Review of Books

"Funniest book I've ever read." -Tom McCaffrey, bestselling author of The Wise Ass

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