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Welcome to Tumby Bay - where the sea is patient, the men are stubborn, and ageing disgracefully has become an art form. At ninety-one, Leo Stokes wakes each morning to the sound of gulls, creaking knees, and the faint echo of his late wife Maggie's voice telling him to ""get on with it."" Once a fisherman, father, and quiet town hero, Leo now spends his days navigating friendship, memory, and the gentle absurdities of old age - all with a wry smile and a cup of tea laced with condensed milk. Throughout his senior years, a chorus of characters keeps Tumby Bay alive: Baz, master of bad ideas and worse driving; Macca, the philosopher shearer with two identical dogs named Rex; Lorraine ""the Gatling Gun"", gossip in activewear; and Nancy, the sharp, elegant woman who makes Leo believe that romance isn't just for the young - or the sane. From the Men's Shed to the bay, from fishing trips haunted by old ghosts to awkward family lunches and late-life love, God's Waiting Room is a hilarious, heartfelt portrait of growing old in a small town that refuses to fade. Blending humour, nostalgia, and quiet grace, it's a story about mateship, memory, and the beauty of still being needed - even when the world insists you're past your use-by date. Dry, tender, and unmistakably Australian - a love letter to life, loss, and the ridiculous dignity of staying upright.

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