A move into an old folks' home marks a new stage of life for both grandmother and granddaughter in this "wry and witty" novel (Entertainment Weekly).
On one side of the Atlantic, Sophia Moore, an emotionally guarded film editor—troubled by her mother's long-ago suicide and her father's abandonment—overworks, incessantly contemplates her past, and continues an unfulfilling affair with the famous director of her latest movie....

"Sorenson, Wisconsin's deputy coroner Mattie Winston takes on the murder of Bernie Chase, the president of Twilight Nursing Home's board of directors, who was found with a mysterious substance on his body and had been suspected by some of offing the home's more expensive residents." --

Explores the pitfalls of financial worry, the wages of greed and the God who has promised to be a refuge from both. Autographed copy.

"Martha Andersson may be 79 years old and live in a retirement home, but that doesnt mean shes ready to stop enjoying life. So when the new management of Diamond House starts cutting corners to save money, Martha and her four closest friends--Brains, The Rake, Christina and Anna-Gretta (a.k.a. The League of Pensioners)--wont stand for it. Fed up with early bedtimes and overcooked veggies, this group of feisty seniors sets about to regain their independence,...

"In a game of life or death, the seniors at Pondside Manor risk it all. With help from Pondside Manors quirky, twentysomething kitchen worker Foster Kresowik, resident Robert Kallman creates The World of Pondside, a video game that delights the nursing homes residents by allowing them to virtually relive blissful moments from days long pastor even create new ones. One-legged Duane Lotspeich is overjoyed when he can dance the tango again. Octogenarian...

While visiting her dying father in a nursing home, a middle aged daughter discovers a man and a world she never knew.

"From the author of the highly acclaimed The Railwayman's Wife, called a "literary and literate gem" by Psychology Today, comes an emotionally resonant and profound new novel of two families, interconnected through the house that bears witness to their lives. When Elsie Gormley leaves the Brisbane house in which she has lived for more than sixty years, Lucy Kiss and her family move in, eager to establish their new life. As they settle in, Lucy and...

A novel in the form of a diary, this story tells of Caroline Spencer, a 76-year-old retired schoolteacher who has suffered a heart attack and been deposited by relatives in an old people's home. Subjected to subtle humiliations and petty cruelties, she fights back with all she has, and in a powerful climax wins a terrible victory. "I shared the anger and the righteous indignation which I felt behind every line"--Madeleine L'Engle

On an island in the Caribbean, Mala Ramchandin, a crazy woman suspected of murder, is declared unfit to stand trial and is committed to a home. She is placed in the care of Tyler, a vivacious male nurse who becomes her confidant and the storyteller of her life.