Oh No, Not "The Home"
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Oh No, Not "The Home"

Observations and Confessions of a Grandmother in Transition

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Oh No, Not "The Home"

Observations and Confessions of a Grandmother in Transition

About this book

Peggy Rowe is at it again, proving once more that great content is all around us, even in the retirement community she now calls "The Home." In Oh, No, Not "The Home, " eighty-three-year-old Peggy decides the time has finally come to move into a senior living facility with her husband, John, who follows his beloved bride... grudgingly. Once ensconced in "The Home, " however, John quickly makes a long list of eclectic friends and takes up bocci ball, hatchet throwing, pool playing, and various other distractions that keep him mostly sane. Meanwhile, Peggy finds humor in places a normal person would never think to look—and laughter around every corner. Missing dentures? A mouse in the house? Nude sunbathing with an unexpected audience? Gluttony in the dining hall? A chair volleyball game that turns into geriatric target practice? It's all here.With her usual mix of warmth and irreverence, Peggy brings her daily journal to life with an unforgettable mix of observations and confessions, written with the honesty of a true observer of the human condition and the urgency of an embedded reporter entrenched in a strange and distant land. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and before long, you'll start to think that Peggy and John and their many new friends are just the kind of people you wish you had for neighbors. Whatever you think you know about retirement communities, think again. This is life at "The Home."And it's not exactly what the marketing brochure promised!

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Information

Publisher
Forefront Books
Year
2024
Edition
0
eBook ISBN
9781637633427
Topic
Social Sciences
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Foreword
  5. Epigraph
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1: 2021, We’re Goin’ Down!
  8. Chapter 2: Strangers in a Strange Land
  9. Chapter 3: Love and Marriage
  10. Chapter 4: Coping with Maturity
  11. Chapter 5: Magnificent Obsession
  12. Chapter 6: Band of Brothers… and Sisters
  13. Chapter 7: My Life as a Would-Be Spy
  14. Chapter 8: Independence Day
  15. Chapter 9: Joanne and Larry
  16. Chapter 10: Knock on Walt’s Door
  17. Chapter 11: Mealtime Mania
  18. Chapter 12: Nothing Rhymes with Ninety!
  19. Chapter 13: Ready for Your Close-Up?
  20. Chapter 14: Who Could Possibly Object?
  21. Chapter 15: In the Name of Love
  22. Chapter 16: And Just like That…
  23. Epilogue
  24. Photographs
  25. Acknowledgments
  26. About the Author
  27. Copyright

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