In the first full-length follow-up to Miss Budge in Love, Simpkins explores some of the challenges Miss Mildred Budge faces as she attempts to settle into retirement in the garden district of Montgomery, Alabama, Cloverdale. Readers will be thrilled to find that this novel contains all of the humor and the Southern flavor of her earlier short story collection but with added intrigue and story depth that only novel-length work can provide. Simpkins presents comfortable stories and relatable characters that are deceptively deep and complex, but while you may stop to consider some of the issues...

In this second full-length Mildred Budge novel, the retired school teacher gets physical. By temperament a contemplative, in this story Mildred bravely leads the way to safety after the pulpit committee with whom she is traveling in an old-fashioned Buick flies off an embankment. Not only does Mildred discover in herself reservoirs of physical strength, but she also experiences new spiritual adventures as she continues to "work out her salvation" within the context of friendships and church relationships. Mildred Budge in Embankment challenges men and women to reconsider the tensions between...

There is a surprising and very freeing future for caregivers after Alzheimer's disease runs its course and leaves the building where you have been trying to make a home. The house will never be the same. Your heart will never feel the same. But in spite of its bad reputation, living with Al isn't all about heartbreak. It is about change for Al refocuses the way you see yourself, your home, the people around you and the way you wake up to your day and envision your future--and some of those changes are quite liberating. This book is a preview of the surprising good gifts Al leaves behind. WHAT...