Maggie is old, she's crotchety, and she's funny. After agreeing to stay in a nursing home until an injury heals, circumstances cause her to remain there for nine months. After her anger cools off, she becomes interested in the histories of the other residents and records their stories in her journal. Between that, and arranging to have miniature bottles of alcohol brought to her by friends, the mildly-profane Maggie manages to enjoy her stay. But even better, after leaving the nursing home, she's off on a trip to Tahiti.

A warm, but unsparing look at the events that occur in many of our lifetimes. Florence tells the tales of her own life and that of one of her daughters. They were both good women, but while Florence accepted betrayal and heartbreak in a docile manner as was proper at the turn of the twentieth century, Emma was more inclined to fight back or to get even. Their strength and endurance, along with that of other mothers has been left as a legacy to the women of today. "Great story about the joys and sorrows all families face during a lifetime."

Wilma and Bunny are most unlikely roommates. Bunny has enjoyed a quiet life as a wife, mother, and devout Christian; Wilma was rejected by her own family while still a teenager because of her sexual proclivities. Wilma has retired, and is anticipating a peaceful existence without being known as a lesbian. After the death of her husband, Bunny was taken into her daughter's family but has come to realize that one of her grandchildren needs the bedroom that "Grandma" uses. Circumstances force each of them to seek housing in a subsidized Senior Housing community, but with only one apartment...

A heartwarming story of women writers who meet on a regular basis to share their stories but not much of their histories. As the tale unfolds, we learn that although what they write is interesting, their previous years are even more so.