{"product_id":"no-refunds-on-eternity-david-patrick-sr-curd-9798181076204","title":"No Refunds on Eternity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen VitaCore Systems arrives at Shady Palms Retirement Village with biometric stations, wellness pathways, and a founder who remembers everyone's grandchildren's names, Mortimer Tinkerbottom does what he does best: refuses to scan his wristband and pays close attention.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVitaCore calls it the future of elder care. Mortimer calls it a machine asking gratitude questions in front of the mail cubbies. His neighbor Carl calls it a reason to guard the cheese. Their friend Dorothy just wants to know why the courtyard station is standing between a woman and her tomatoes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when an internal memo surfaces describing residents as a \u003ci\u003elegacy cohort\u003c\/i\u003e with a \u003ci\u003ebiological asset depreciation curve\u003c\/i\u003e, and Mortimer's daughter signs a form at 11:42 p.m. that she didn't fully read, it becomes clear that VitaCore isn't selling care. It's selling the appearance of care - to families too tired to read the fine print, at the expense of people too old to be worth arguing with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe residents of Shady Palms have a different opinion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArmed with a maintenance worker's growing file of evidence, a retired teacher who treats contracts like opposing counsel, a crossword book that keeps triggering the surveillance system, and a scooter horn that plays \u003ci\u003eLa Cucaracha\u003c\/i\u003e at inopportune moments, Mortimer and his ensemble prepare for a Town Hall that Caden Mercer III will not soon forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Refunds on Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark comedy about dignity, data, the price of pretending to care, and what happens when a man who calls death a scalability problem meets a woman who moved six garden beds seven inches rather than let a contractor win.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe coffee was expensive.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe should have checked the cup.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Patrick Sr. Curd,David Curd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798181076204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.08d","brand":"David Patrick Sr. Curd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173604663551,"sku":"9798181076204","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/no-refunds-on-eternity-david-patrick-sr-curd-9798181076204","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}