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God's Waiting Room: The tide waits for no man
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 31 2025
Pages: 312
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.65 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Welcome to Tumby Bay - where the sea is patient, the men are stubborn, and ageing disgracefully has become an art form.
At ninety-one, Leo Stokes wakes each morning to the sound of gulls, creaking knees, and the faint echo of his late wife Maggie's voice telling him to get on with it. Once a fisherman, father, and quiet town hero, Leo now spends his days navigating friendship, memory, and the gentle absurdities of old age - all with a wry smile and a cup of tea laced with condensed milk.
Throughout his senior years, a chorus of characters keeps Tumby Bay alive: Baz, master of bad ideas and worse driving; Macca, the philosopher shearer with two identical dogs named Rex; Lorraine the Gatling Gun, gossip in activewear; and Nancy, the sharp, elegant woman who makes Leo believe that romance isn't just for the young - or the sane.
From the Men's Shed to the bay, from fishing trips haunted by old ghosts to awkward family lunches and late-life love, God's Waiting Room is a hilarious, heartfelt portrait of growing old in a small town that refuses to fade.
Blending humour, nostalgia, and quiet grace, it's a story about mateship, memory, and the beauty of still being needed - even when the world insists you're past your use-by date.
Dry, tender, and unmistakably Australian - a love letter to life, loss, and the ridiculous dignity of staying upright.
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