https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/ALLENQ?QRY=GENSU%3A%20(RETIREMENT%20%2B%20COMMUNITIES%20%2B%20FICTION)&QRYTEXT=Subject%3A%20Retirement%20communities%20--%20Fiction%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&SORTS=MAIN.CREATED_DATE.DESC%5DMAIN.CREATED_TIME.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3049269 After a health scare, 77 year-old spinster Barbara goes to convalesce in the sleepy Somerset village of Winsleigh Green with her sister Pauline, who is now a widow. The sisters are like chalk and cheese - Barbara, outspoken and aloof and Pauline, good natured and homely - so it's not long before the tension starts to rise. But when Pauline accidentally knocks down a vagrant who goes by the name of Bisto Mulligan, the ladies find themselves with another houseguest. As he recovers, it becomes apparent that Bisto is not who he first seemed, and as the sisters get to know the kind and courageous man he really is, it's clear Bisto has the potential to change both of their lives.As the spring turns to summer, and Winsleigh Green comes to life, can the three friends make the changes they need to, to embrace fresh starts, new loves, new lives and new horizons. Or do old habits die too hard? After a health scare, 77 year-old spinster Barbara goes to convalesce in the sleepy Somerset village of Winsleigh Green with her sister Pauline, who is now a widow. The sisters are like chalk and cheese - Barbara, outspoken and aloof and Pauline, good natured and homely - so it's not long before the tension starts to rise. But when Pauline accidentally knocks down a vagrant who goes by the name of Bisto Mulligan, the ladies find themselves with another houseguest. As he recovers, it becomes apparent that Bisto is not who he first seemed, and as the sisters get to know the kind and courageous man he really is, it's clear Bisto has the potential to change both of their lives.As the spring turns to summer, and Winsleigh Green comes to life, can the three friends make the changes they need to, to embrace fresh starts, new loves, new lives and new horizons. Or do old habits die too hard?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Leigh, Judy<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Ulverscroft, Boldwood, 2020.<br />1 online resource.<br /><br />eAudio & eBook Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - eAudio - Access resource<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1772542 Liverpool, 1973. Reluctantly, widow Jenny Langton decides to downsize, swapping the spacious family home she shared with her late husband for a one-bedroomed retirement flat at Merseyside Mansions. It's difficult enough attempting to start anew at her age, but the antics of her wayward granddaughter Karen, and her disastrous choice of men, threaten to drive Jenny to distraction. Finally conceding that Karen must make her own mistakes in life, Jenny determines to move on and no longer interfere. Just as she's settling into Merseyside Mansions and making new friends, Karen's reappearance threatens to re-rail Jenny's carefully-constructed new life and cause problems with her fellow residents. Liverpool, 1973. Reluctantly, widow Jenny Langton decides to downsize, swapping the spacious family home she shared with her late husband for a one-bedroomed retirement flat at Merseyside Mansions. It's difficult enough attempting to start anew at her age, but the antics of her wayward granddaughter Karen, and her disastrous choice of men, threaten to drive Jenny to distraction. Finally conceding that Karen must make her own mistakes in life, Jenny determines to move on and no longer interfere. Just as she's settling into Merseyside Mansions and making new friends, Karen's reappearance threatens to re-rail Jenny's carefully-constructed new life and cause problems with her fellow residents.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Harris, Rosie, 1925-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sutton : Severn House Paperbacks, 2015.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sutton : Severn House Paperbacks, 2015.<br />224 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Fiction - F - General - Available - 30303018416794<br />Darwen Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Fiction - F - General - Available - 30303018416810<br />Roman Road Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Fiction - F - General - Available - 30303018416828<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1734229 Liverpool, 1973. Reluctantly, widow Jenny Langton decides to downsize, swapping the spacious family home she shared with her late husband for a one-bedroomed retirement flat at Merseyside Mansions. It's difficult enough attempting to start anew at her age, but the antics of her wayward granddaughter Karen, and her disastrous choice of men, threaten to drive Jenny to distraction. Finally conceding that Karen must make her own mistakes in life, Jenny determines to move on and no longer interfere. Just as she's settling into Merseyside Mansions and making new friends, Karen's reappearance threatens to de-rail Jenny's carefully-constructed new life and cause problems with her fellow residents. Liverpool, 1973. Reluctantly, widow Jenny Langton decides to downsize, swapping the spacious family home she shared with her late husband for a one-bedroomed retirement flat at Merseyside Mansions. It's difficult enough attempting to start anew at her age, but the antics of her wayward granddaughter Karen, and her disastrous choice of men, threaten to drive Jenny to distraction. Finally conceding that Karen must make her own mistakes in life, Jenny determines to move on and no longer interfere. Just as she's settling into Merseyside Mansions and making new friends, Karen's reappearance threatens to de-rail Jenny's carefully-constructed new life and cause problems with her fellow residents.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Harris, Rosie, 1925-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sutton : Severn House Large Print, 2015.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sutton : Severn House Large Print, 2015.<br />352 pages (large print) ; 23 cm<br /><br />Darwen Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Fiction - F - General - Available - 30303018412439<br /> https://bwdlibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1673606 When a man is murdered in her friend's life care community centre, Hannah finds herself uncovering old crimes and reigniting ancient quarrels that know no boundaries of place or time. When a man is murdered in her friend's life care community centre, Hannah finds herself uncovering old crimes and reigniting ancient quarrels that know no boundaries of place or time.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Talley, Marcia Dutton, 1943-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sutton : Severn House Large Print, 2015.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sutton : Severn House Large Print, 2015.<br />320 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.<br />Hannah Ives mysteries series<br /><br />Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Fiction - F - Crime - Available - 30303015672217<br />