~ Trade Paperback
~ New Release - 2024
Born with an extra helping of kindness in his heart, Frederick Fife now finds himself eighty-two-years-old, desperately lonely, broke, and on the brink of homelessness until his luck changes when a case of mistaken identity sees him taking the place of a notoriously grumpy man named Bernard Greer at the local nursing home. He's happy to have warm meals and a place to sleep, but the little acts of kindness he cannot help but perform, cause one of the caregivers at the home starts to have suspicions about his identity . . .
Bittersweet and remarkably perceptive, The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife is a hilarious, feel-good, clever novel about grief, forgiveness, redemption, and finding family that has been cheered by fans of Shelby Van Pelt's Remarkably Bright Creatures and/or Fredrik Backman's A Man Called Ove.
"Johnston gifts readers a story brimming with every kind of love with The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife, a touching narrative that explores themes of community, family, new beginnings, as well as illustrates the impact of past choices and the potential for personal transformations.” -- Booklist