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"Farah's little brother is in the hospital with a heart problem that needs surgery, so her parents send sixth-grader Farah off to stay with her grandmother in a retirement condo in Florida; Sitti Fayrouz does not speak much English, has a lot of rules, and does not understand Farah's interest in geology, so Farah is not happy with the move--but despite being the only child in the community, Farah finds that the people are nice, and despite getting...
62) Paxton Court
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Publisher
Naiad
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
"Four couples from the northeast, a close circle of friends, retire together in Lakeside Leisure, a sunny, sleepy community in Florida. They build their lavender dream homes in the picturesque cul-de-sac of Paxton Court and settle in for a relaxing, well-deserved retirement. Until, that is, the other Lakeside residents discover that their newest neighbors are all lesbians and gay men..." -- Publisher's description.
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[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2022].
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English
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"An unplanned retirement leads to a series of unplanned adventures for Franklin and Denise Great. It all begins in a luxury RV with all the expected adjustments to RV living, accompanied by unexpected and disastrous encounters with forest critters, RV technology, and more. It ends in an 'over 55' retirement community, learning to live with community association regulations, and finally a Christmas family reunion... during a pandemic. Fasten your seatbelts...
64) Molded 4 murder
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Kensington Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"Sophie "Phee" Kimball enjoys working as a bookkeeper for a private investigator. If only her mother Harriet could enjoy her retirement at Sun City West in Arizona - instead of constantly getting involved with retirees being prematurely put out to pasture. This time Quentin Dussler, a prominent member of the clay sculpting club, was found dead, clutching a piece of paper scrawled with Phee's mother's name. Terrified she's been targeted by assassins,...
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"Haley Randolph's 25th birthday is just around the corner, and the full-time fashionista knows it might be time to edge into being an "adult." All she has to do is ace the upcoming performance review for her hot L.A. event-planning gig, and she can finally quit her credit card-paying job at Holt's Department Store. She just has to make sure absolutely nothing goes wrong with the big party she's planning for a Hollywood retirement home. It really should...
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Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Dr. Abe Mandelbaum moves into Cliffside Manor with his deteriorating wife Molly, he forms an improbable relationship with gambler and womanizer, Phil Nicoletti. While Abe feels moving into the home is the end of the road he soon realizes that his life is finding a whole new beginning. Abe and Phil's friendship is challenged when a mysterious nurse claims that her biological father resides in the home. --
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Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A young boy volunteering at a retirement home finds a stray dog and notices that it revives decades-old memories for a bitter resident. The boy bonds with the resident as he listens to stories about growing up in Saskatchewan during the Great Depression. Thanks to his new friend and his canine companion, the elderly man is able to pass away peacefully, immersed in fond memories of his youth."--
69) Sunset story
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Capital Entertainment
Pub. Date
©1976.
Language
English
Description
"Sunset Story is a funny and intimate documentary that will make you think differently about growing old. It tells the story of Irja (81) and Lucille (95), two friends at a rest home for retired radicals. As they attend demonstrations, register their fellow residents to vote and debate everything under the sun, Irja and Lucille's verve and humor delight us. Sunset Story doesn't shy away from the sadness of old age; it reveals two elderly women's lives...
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
While at Calvert Colony, a life care community centre in Maryland, and at lunch with her friend, retired mystery author and amateur painter L.K. "Naddie"' Bromley and her neighbour Sophia Milanesi, who survived the closing years of the Second World War in a convent in Italy, Hannah meets Filomena Buccho, a personable young Argentine server. Her brother, Raniero, also works at the Colony as chef. But when Masud Abaza and his wife, Safa, move into the...
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Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"The Bunco Babes are not your average retirees. When they're not throwing the dice, they like to throw themselves into juicy mysteries. But murder itself is a dicey business, and in this game, luck can run out for good. The sixty set at Serenity Cove Estates in South Carolina certainly knows how to keep active. When not playing bunco or putting the greens, they are gossiping--and where there's gossip, there's a party. So it's no surprise that when...
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Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Ruth Mosby is the VP of operations at Serenity Acres, where the privileged elite go to die. For a hefty fee, wealthy retirees can live the good life in this posh Santa Barbara community - even after they outlive their money. Ruth thinks this is a fine arrangement, but the savvy new boss has a new rule: if you can't pay, you can't stay"--From publisher.
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Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Reluctantly taking up residence at an assisted-living facility outside San Francisco in 2023, Guy Fontaine realizes that his aging-hippie fellow residents are living out their golden years in perpetual tribute to the 1960s and becomes involved in a mediacircus involving a resident's illegal pet cat, the facility's domineering administrator, and governor Drew Barrymore.
78) Murder Olé!
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Publisher
Donald I. Fine Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
An outing across the border to Mexico by residents of a retirement home in California is spoilt by a death. When a second outing also results in death, aging sleuths Angela and Caledonia bypass the Mexican police and start their own investigation.
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