An engaging, humorous and truly delightful read. I love her books.

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Join everyone's favorite busybody, Hattie McNair, and her fellow residents at the FairAcres Retirement Home on another uplifting adventure!

"Laughter prevails throughout the diary of this engaging matriarch, and its infectious humor and love of life make OUT TO PASTURE a novel for everyone." --Southern Living

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More reminiscences from octogenarian writer Effie Leland Wilder.

Perhaps she is just running short on material, but this third novel set in the semi-fictional retirement home where she lives, has a bottom-of-the-barrel feeling. Once again, the sprightly seniors are embarked on a money-raising gambit (this time they want a swimming pool) via a night of storytelling. And once again there's a non-resident in trouble whom Effie manages to sort out with little trouble.

Many of the anecdotes related here were familiar -- whether she was the borrower or the borrowee doesn't really make much difference.

It's still a pleasant read with a couple of grins and an occasional moment of recognition for the reader who is, or is approaching the age of, or has a loved one living in an assisted living facility.

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