Liberty Lanes is a bowling alley in a small Montana town where a senior league meets three times a week, and the title of Robin Troy's new novel in which Nelson Moore, one of the bowlers, has recently become a local hero by saving a teammate from choking on a chicken bone. Now he must deal with his sudden fame while coping with the early stages of dementia.

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Liberty Lanes is a heart-warming novel about a group of elders bound together by friendship and old romances, and by their determination to live life to its fullest and maintain their independence while treading the perilous paths of old age.

"Liberty Lanes is a wonderfully calm and large-hearted examination of the ways that ordinary people meet the demands of age and infirmity with surpassing grace. Eloquent and insightful and true." - Deirdre McNamer, author of Red Rover

Read a review of Liberty Lanes in the Missoula Independent.

You'll find Liberty Lanes at Fact & Fiction in Missoula, or at your local independent bookseller.

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