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Bottomless Cups

by Joel Bresler

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As senior citizens go, Teddy Greenwald might be described as a former class clown with life experience. Ray Starck is only slightly more serious â?? sort of like the one kid in a mischievous group who somehow never gets caught. Their friendship has endured through more than a dozen Presidents, marriages, careers, innumerable bottomless cups of coffee and, not least, one another. With so much shared history, the pair carries with them a vast treasure trove of memories. Some are great fun to dust off and reminisce about every once in a while. A few of those memories, though, are secretly happier kept well below the surface. When an old school friend decides to make a movie based on their lives, however, Ray and, especially Teddy, are forced to look back on themselves in vivid Technicolor. They find that facing your own life â?? past, present, and diminishing future â?? in one sitting can be considerably more challenging than it appears on the silver screen. In the spirit of A Man Called Ove, Joel Bresler's charmingly funny novel is a series of journeys between present and past, with characters who are amusing yet recognizable. They still have a taste for adventure, as long as it doesn't require too much bending. And who knows? Teddy and Ray might just turn out to be us… (more)
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Such a pleasant book to read. Two men, friends, meet for coffee and find themselves remembering events and people in their lives. The colloquial style fits the subject matter of the book and indeed enhances our understanding of these two friends. The story encourages us to ask if we have friends in our lives who have been with us along the way - an important question to reflect on. ( )
  AnnmarieP | Feb 24, 2022 |
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Two old friends reminisce in continuing repartee generally around a table and coffee. The author doesn't say, but this feels very much like a memoir. The players in this story are family members, and the stories have a familiar and comfortable feeling. Filled with dry humor and quips, this is an easy book to read. I think that I would have enjoyed it more if the author had provided their personal information and the background for this writing. The context would be nice. Of course, chapters would be nice too - but maybe the "bottomless" text that goes on and on with only double space breaks every once in a while is the intent. ( )
  deldevries | Jan 25, 2021 |
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Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It was a nice read and reminded me of a book that I read not too long ago and LOVED! Follows a couple of guys and walks through their lives, as the age and have families. The story of a lasting friendship with lots of memories.
  PaigeEva | Apr 15, 2020 |
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This book tells the story of two elderly men who are friends. I found the colloquialism or conversationalism of the story detracted somewhat from the plot. I had to go back and reread some of the conversations to get the thread of them. The book in general seemed to be very wordy. I really prefer a more straightforward writing style. I received this book from Early Reviewers in exchange for an honest review. ( )
  LadyoftheLodge | Apr 12, 2020 |
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I enjoyed Bottomless cups, the story of two elderly men and their lifelong friendships. What I did find tricky was the way the book was written -very colloquially, often I had to go back over a sentence to try and understand its meaning, especially as I am not from the US., a reader with English as a second language would not cope reading this, i think.
I got to know the characters well, and the author ably l crafted the reader in on the nuances of relationships.
  TinaC1 | Apr 11, 2020 |
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As senior citizens go, Teddy Greenwald might be described as a former class clown with life experience. Ray Starck is only slightly more serious â?? sort of like the one kid in a mischievous group who somehow never gets caught. Their friendship has endured through more than a dozen Presidents, marriages, careers, innumerable bottomless cups of coffee and, not least, one another. With so much shared history, the pair carries with them a vast treasure trove of memories. Some are great fun to dust off and reminisce about every once in a while. A few of those memories, though, are secretly happier kept well below the surface. When an old school friend decides to make a movie based on their lives, however, Ray and, especially Teddy, are forced to look back on themselves in vivid Technicolor. They find that facing your own life â?? past, present, and diminishing future â?? in one sitting can be considerably more challenging than it appears on the silver screen. In the spirit of A Man Called Ove, Joel Bresler's charmingly funny novel is a series of journeys between present and past, with characters who are amusing yet recognizable. They still have a taste for adventure, as long as it doesn't require too much bending. And who knows? Teddy and Ray might just turn out to be us

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