Runaway Grandma [Paperback]

Ann McCauley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 7, 2007

Retired widow, Olivia Hampton, age 70, meticulously plans a new future. After faking her suicide, she moves on with a new identity and begins a new life. A haunting tale - can a person ever really escape the past and start over?

Product Details

• Paperback: 210 pages
• Publisher: Madison Ave. Publishers (November 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 097987260X
• ISBN-13: 978-0979872600
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,339,595 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ann worked as a freelance writer for local newspapers, Christian periodicals and Nursing Journals while working as an RN. She has authored two novels, MOTHER LOVE and RUNAWAY GRANDMA.

MOTHER LOVE received the Reviewer's Choice Award in 2005. RUNAWAY GRANDMA was nominated for Book of the Year in Women's Issues in 2008. Her third novel, IT HAPPENED ON WILLOW LANE will be released in 2011.

Ann enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She also enjoys gardening and traveling with her husband.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Startin' Over, December 31, 2007

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I. Fokstuen "book lover" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This is a well written and interesting book about a woman who decides to start her life anew at 70. Olivia is a widowed retired school teacher, whose adult children have no real interest in her as a person, but rather only value her for her financial assets. Tired of being ignored, demeaned, and used, Olivia fakes her disappearance as a possible suicide and takes off for parts unknown. After an entertaining but short interlude on the road Olivia stops at a b&b in Harmonyville Pennsylvania and decides to stay. In Harmonyville Olivia finds some of the things that were missing from her old life (a romance and several good new friends), but she also is haunted by the choice she made and the lives she left behind. Her journey is a striking exploration of the benefits and costs of pulling up your roots and starting over at a time when many are content to continue with what they have. It is a story filled with memorable characters, laughter, and tears.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Something many elders fear as they age - that their children will begin to take advantage of them, June 10, 2008

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

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Something many elders fear as they age - that their children will begin to take advantage of them for their money before they buy the proverbial farm. "Runaway Grandma" is one grandmother's way of dealing with it - by faking her own death and seeking a new life elsewhere. She attempts to settle in another state entirely, but the past has a habit of sneaking up on people can causing trouble as the past typically does. "Runaway Grandma" is highly recommended to any elderly reader who may be experiencing the same problems as the titular grandmother in this book, and for community library fiction collections.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book Very Hard to Stop Reading, December 8, 2011

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Carol Smallwood - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Runaway Grandma (Paperback)

This is a universal woman's story that once you begin, you can't put down because you keep seeing yourself, nodding in agreement. Just a few sentences into the book will explain why it was nominated for Book of the Year in Women's Issues. Carol Smallwood, Women on Poetry: Tips on Writing, Teaching and Publishing by Successful Women Poets (co-ed.) Foreword by Molly Peacock, McFarland, 2012.