Oh No, Not 'The Home' by Peggy Rowe

Oh No, Not 'The Home' by Peggy Rowe

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 humour 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 neighbours. 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!

Peggy Rowe used to have a hobby: She wrote articles and stories that appeared in newspapers and magazines. Thanks to her husband, John, three sons, and two parents who lived across the lawn for 40 years, there was no scarcity of material. After writing her first book, About My Mother, at the age of 80--which became a NYT bestseller--and her second book, About Your Father, at the age of 82, Peggy's hobby has become a full-time job. It took me 80 years to find my voice, she says, And now I can't shut it up! In her Facebook blog @TheRealPeggyRowe, Peggy shares her humorous take on daily life and family. She and her husband of 60 years are former schoolteachers and live in Baltimore, Maryland.

Mike Rowe is one of three sons born to John and Peggy Rowe, both teachers. He is a television host and narrator known for his work on the Discovery Channel series Dirty Jobs and the CNN series Somebody's Gotta Do It. He hosts a Facebook series called Returning the Favor in which he finds people doing good deeds and does something for them in return. He also hosts the podcast The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe, which he describes as short stories designed specifically for the curious mind plagued with a short attention span. Rowe has narrated programs for the Discovery Channel, The Science Channel, and National Geographic Channel such as Deadliest Catch, How the Universe Works, and Shark Week.

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ISBN 13	9781637633410
ISBN 10	1637633416
Title	Oh No, Not 'The Home'
Author	Peggy Rowe
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Forefront Books
Year published	2024-11-15
Number of pages	288
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.