Title: A candid, unflinching, compelling novel.
Review: The Fifth Season eloquently examines one son's attempt to take care of his elderly parents in the face of their harrowing decline. Within hours of visiting his aging parents in Fort Lauderdale, 60 year old Teddy Neel sees that his parents are in a lot worse shape than he imagined. His father, Abel, is in four-point restraints having lost his left kidney to cancer. His mother, Lillian, is largely blind and in the midstages of Alzheimer's. Author Robert Downs brings every character to life with a meticulous prose allowing the reader to witness the love and beauty, the pain and frustration each parent passes through as Able and Lillian pass through the winter of their lives to enter their fifth and eternal season -- and the son who loves them and would spare them any suffering, if he could. The Fifth Season is unflinching, candid, and compelling.
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