Living in a Planned Retirement Community, Virginia Ragland Ridgway decided to write this retirement book about love, life and laughter in a fictional place similar to the one she calls home. 

    Feisty Sue Charmley finds Island Haven Retirement Community CEO Jason Stowe is making personal gain at Residents' expense.  She sets about forcing him to replace their decrepit bus.  Backed by four other elderly ladies, she launches the hilarious Battle of the Bus involving Kitty the Cat Lady's illegally adopted cat Lucky, a blueblood alcoholic dubbed Mrs. Bourbon, the Sitting ladies and a host of other Seniors. 
    Sue believes that she captained a tall ship in another century.  She watches sailboats racing; dreams of the history of the Texas barrier islands' Indian tribes, pirates and shipwrecks; and meets Paul O'Donell, whose dying sister wanted to be buried there.  He takes Sue sailing; tangles with Mrs. Bourbon, who instructs the Sitting Ladies they saw nothing because Paul and Sue are invisible.
    Enjoy vivid descriptions of life in the Retirement World, problems trying to escape a hurricane by fleeing in a leaking bus, a strange trip to the Christopher Columbus clone fleet, and the unique behavior of dolphins and coastal waterfowl. 
    Sue and Paul fall in love, encountering the wily efforts of two husband-hunting elderly widows, and disagree over Sue's conflict with Jason over the Battle of the Bus.  How she wins her battle is full of the surprises and laughter that makes this book hard to put down until you reach the final page.

After Tomorrow -- large print, 312 pgs.  $18.00 + shipping and handling