by J. Belinda Yandell
160 pages
A devoted housewife scoops up her husband’s loose change and eventually puts together a substantial bank account. The family learns of this account, and the many things she used it for, after her death. Why Penny did what she did becomes the story.Early Bird
Rodney Rothman
256 pages
Everyone says they would like to retire early, but Rodney Rothman actually did it — forty years early. Burnt out, he decides at the age of twenty-eight to get an early start on his golden years. He travels to Boca Raton, Florida, where he moves in with an elderly piano teacher at Century Village, a retirement community that is home to thousands of senior citizens.Early Bird is an irreverent, hilarious, and ultimately warmhearted account of Rodney's journey deep into the heart of retirement. Rodney struggles for acceptance from the senior citizens he shares a swimming pool with and battles with cranky octogenarians who want him off their turf. Before long he observes, "I don't think Tuesdays with Morrie would have been quite so uplifting if that guy had to spend more than one day a week with Morrie."
The House Keeper and the Professor
by Yoko Ogawa
192 pages
A brilliant mathematician, the Professor was seriously injured in a car accident and his short-term memory only lasts for 80 minutes. He can remember his theorems and favorite baseballs players, but the Housekeeper must reintroduce herself every morning, sometimes several times a day. The Housekeeper learns how to work with him through the memory lapses until they can come together on common ground.
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