Dwell Here and Prosper is a gritty but heartfelt novel, heavily informed by the author's father and his experiences in assisted living near Philadelphia in the 90s. With its set of memorable outcasts--a middle-aged college professor with tottering stacks of books, an anxiety-riddled night-shift nurse, a toothless twenty-six-year-old, a rosary-obsessed woman convinced she saw the Virgin Mary appear above to the trashcans, and more--it's a One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for a different generation and a different kind of institution. This timeless book offers a funny yet honest meditation on aging and community, and what it means to thrive when living in purgatory.