Honey and Leonard, Mark Paul Smith
Honey and Leonard, Mark Paul Smith
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Honey and Leonard

Author: Mark Paul Smith

Narrator: Belinda Lams

Unabridged: 10 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/02/2021


Synopsis

Honey and Leonard are in their seventies when they fall in love. Leonard is in the early stages of Alzheimer's and Honey thinks her love will cure him. When their heirs try to keep them apart, they flee to France in violation of court orders. Pursued by police, press, and private investigators, they become an international media sensation. In a time just before cell phones and the Internet, they become the Bonnie and Clyde of love. Their whirlwind romance encompasses arsenic poisoning, elder law, Alzheimer's, an Eiffel Tower arrest, and a Paris jail break. And through it all Honey is in the middle of the difficult process of discovering that love does not conquer all. Or does it?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Megan

Honey and Leonard are in their seventies when they fall in love. Leonard is in the early stages of Alzheimer's and Honey thinks her love will cure him. This was a great book and I highly recommend reading this book.......more

Goodreads review by Marti

Mark is my uncle, so......... I was impressed by the level of pain that came through from his experience with his own father. I found it particularly poignant as I read my mother's copy as I was "babysitting" her in my sister's home, as her own developing Alzheimer's made it unsafe for her to be left......more

Goodreads review by Laurice

The story of Honey and Leonard was beautiful. It is a story of love and its importance on every level of life. The portrayal of the condition of Alzheimer's disease was very eye opening. I enjoyed reading this book.......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa

Honey and Leonard is a unique love story due to the ages of the main couple. Although Honey and Leonard are both in their seventies, they are deeply in love with each other, and realize that the meaning and feelings associated with love can be different depending on the stage of life. While this is......more

Goodreads review by Paul

This book is about two old people who fall in love, disappear to France, and take the whole world by storm due to their love. If you are into a lovey dovey story, then this is for you. There is so much love between those two that their marriage becomes a bigger event than a royal wedding. Their story......more