![]() 'You're getting very negative in your old age, Peggy Dewey,' says Lois. Then, on a clear blue day in September 2001, the US Air Force scrambles too late to save America from four hostile attacks, and for the first time Peggy wonders if being a USAF wife - the constant worry about your husband, the faraway postings in Alaska, Norfolk, Siberia, the lack of control over your own life - was worth it. ![]() ![]() From the dawn of the new millennium - at which the anti-Christ unaccountably fails to appear, despite evangelist Gayle's predictions - Peggy soldiers on through new upheavals, including her ex-husband Vern's Alzheimer's diagnosis, and the death of one of her live-in friends. The Grand Duchess of Nowhere by Laurie Graham, 9781782069713, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. The women are now in their seventies and time is rendering its Accounts Payable: arthritis, cataracts, forgetfulness and departures. 'Why is Laurie Graham not carried on people's shoulders through cheering crowds? Her books are brilliant!' Marian Keyes Picking up ten years after The Future Homemakers of America left off, The Early Birds follows Peggy, Kath, Gayle, Lois and Audrey through the turn of the twenty-first century. Grand Duchess of Nowhere (Paperback) Laurie Graham Published by Quercus Publishing, London(2015) ISBN 10: 1782069739ISBN 13: 9781782069737 NewPaperback Quantity: 1 Seller: Grand Eagle Retail (Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Paperback. The Early Birds is a hymn to lifelong female friendship and the touching and funny follow-up to The Future Homemakers of America by the celebrated Laurie Graham. ![]()
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