Pops's Rules

by D. Thompson

Jack and Diana cautiously agree to take over Jack's dad's rental property after Pops turns eighty and offers to hand over the keys.
He tells them that all they have to do is follow Pops's rules. When faced with a crazy person, act like a crazy person. When they say, "Don't worry," worry. Never rent to someone with a hospital wristband. Because they're nuts.
While all seventeen rules hold meaning for Pops, that doesn't mean Jack and Diane will take them to heart. Neither has a clue how the amount of rules, corportate smarts--or martinis--can prepare them for the misfits and insanity they'll encounter as landlords.And it's enough to threaten their marriage and sanity. Will their new insigt into the human condition be their breaking point? Or will they find the ability to carry on?

203 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2014

Reviews

[Fvonjessen]

d. thompson writes with humor and compassion. I loved the way she brings the characters to life with few broad strokes and manages to elecit sympathy for even the worst of the "bums". Pops's Rules is a delightful book with insightful but subtle commentary on social conditions in our society.