Take Me Where the Good Times Are is a novel by Robert Cormier.

This story features Tommy Bartin, a 70-year-old resident at the Dorchester County, Maryland poorhouse.

When another resident leaves Tommy some cash, he sees his opportunity to go back to the area he grew up in.

[1] Themes in this story include the quality of denial and facing reality even if it is undesirable.

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