To Mark, the sign in the window looked like the answer to a 13 year-old's prayers. In the end, it only made things worse. Moving to the east end to live with his grandfather had been bad enough. It had meant leaving his old friends and a perfectly good after-school job. But now, because of his illness, grandpa Luigi was acting weirder every day and the neighbourhood bully was threatening bodily injury if Mark set foot on his street.
Grandpa is as big around as a kettledrum and has an enormous voice to match.
He booms out the national anthem at ball games and bellows out songs about ice cream. Now it's up to his grandchildren to carry the tune. That's just what they do, in a joyous expression of love that's as strong as Grandpa's voice. Through visits with Papa Joe, a child learns of good times and grandfather's memories and the fish that got away. Alzheimer Society of Canada 1997-2001.