Older But Wilder: More Notes from the Pasture [Hardcover]

Effie Leland Wilder (Author), Laurie Allen Klein (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1998

As with her two previous best-selling books, OUT TO PASTURE (BUT NOT OVER THE HILL) and OVER WHAT HILL? NOTES FROM THE PASTURE, author Effie Leland Wilder's third installment offers her loyal readers another testimony to living life to the fullest - no matter what your age.

OLDER BUT WILDER chronicles the further adventures of the irrepressible Hattie McNair. Although she's recovering from knee replacement surgery, that doesn't stop her from getting involved in a mystery, lending her hand to some money-making schemes, or meddling - good-naturedly, of course! - in her young friend Amanda's life. Hattie's descriptions of life at FairAcres Retirement Home are written with grace and humor. Through Hattie and her cohorts, Wilder gently pokes fun at growing older, while reflecting on the special wisdom gained from aging as well as its challenges and losses.

Editorial Reviews

Review

[Effie Wilder] has the writer's eye and the storyteller's gift. Her tales are wry, funny, melancholy, philosophical. Her reflections strike a common chord. -- Syndicated columnist James Kilpatrick

About the Author

Effie Wilder has lived in Summerville, South Carolina, for 53 years, seven of them at The Presbyterian Home of Summerville, where she is president of the Resident's Council. She graduated from Converse College in 1930, and received their Distinguished Alumna Award in 1982. She has written feature articles for the Charleston News and Courier, had a short story published in The Saturday Evening Post, and co-authored PAWLEY'S ISLAND: A LIVING LEGACY.

Laurie Allen Klein is a graduate of Maryville College in Tennessee. An illustrator and graphic artist, her work has appeared in OUT TO PASTURE and OVER WHAT HILL?, in Atlanta and Athens magazines, and in publications for the Baptist Home Mission Board, the Presbyterian Publishing House, and the Georgia Wildlife Federation. Klein, her husband, and her daughter live in Madison, Georgia.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 179 pages
• Publisher: Peachtree Publishers; 1st edition (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561451827
• ISBN-13: 978-1561451821
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #757,385 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and funny, June 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Older But Wilder: More Notes from the Pasture (Hardcover)

This book added to my appreciation of older adults as vital people with much to contribute. It is well-written and a pleasure to read. Also read other books by this author!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Want a Great Time?, October 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Older But Wilder: More Notes from the Pasture (Hardcover)

If you want a great time be sure and read all three of Effie Wilders books about Hattie McNair and her FairAcres gang. It is most enjoyable. I read all three. I hope she writes more. It makes me understand my Mom more. It almost makes me want to move to a retirement home. Granted there are sad times but also lots of good times. You find out how loving and helpful people are. Have some fun and read this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful, March 6, 2010

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This review is from: Older But Wilder: More Notes from the Pasture (Hardcover)

The seller was very prompt in sending out this book. Older but Wilder is a delightful little book, sure to amuse. It is a gentle book with great insights to the "older" population which, hopefully, we'll all become one of these days.