How much trouble can there be in Sweetbriar, a retirement home?
With Agnes as a new resident, plenty!
Summer's steamy haze coats North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, but
feisty Agnes Marie Hopper discovers the heat isn't the only thing causing her
blood to boil. After a kitchen fire destroys her home, Agnes moves in with her
daughter, Betty Jo. Three months later they come to an understanding: neither
can tolerate living with the other. So on a sultry August morning, Betty Jo
drives Agnes and her few belongings to Sweetbrier Manor, a local retirement home
and former house of ill repute.
With no intention of staying, Agnes devises a scheme to sneak out of the
Manor and find another place to live. Before she can make her exit, she runs
into her best friend from high school, along with some other quirky characters.
With a nose for trouble, Agnes learns some of the residents are being robbed,
over-medicated, and denied basic cable and Internet access. Armed with nothing
more than seventy-one years of common sense and a knack for pushing people's
buttons, Agnes sets out to expose the unscrupulous administrator, protect her
new friends, and restore Sweetbriar Manor s reputation as a "rewarding and
enriching lifestyle. But the real moment of truth comes when Agnes is forced to
choose between her feisty self-reliance and the self-sacrifice that comes from
caring for others.
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