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Welcome to the Rosehaven Convalescence Center in beautiful Listre, North Carolina. Recuperating after a recent fall, Lil Olive sits on the front porch, chitchatting with and rocking right alongside the regulars. There’s tiny Maudie Lowe with her cane that seems too tall; Beatrice Satterwhite, whose fancy three-wheeled walker is a Cadillac among Chevrolets; Clara Cochran, who cusses as frequently as she takes a breath; and L. Ray Flowers, the freelance preacher who strums a mean guitar, and who reveals his dream of forming a national movement to unite churches and nursing homes (“Nurches of America”). Keeping a watchful eye on them all is Carl, Lil’s middle-age bachelor nephew with a heart of gold and the patience of a saint. But Lil is restless, eager to get back to her own apartment. She wants some adventure. And before long, tranquil Rosehaven is turned upside down. . . .

"Underplotted, but with the fast pace, you scarcely notice: another small gem from Edgerton."

Kirkus, 06/15/2003

"Clyde Edgerton's graceful and often painfully funny new novel is set in a nursing home, and it's a book that doesn't shy away from the indignities of old age. Yet LUNCH AT THE PICCADILLY is strangely light on its feet....Among the delights here are the smart dialogue, the pointed satire..., and, most of all, the chorus of idiosyncratic, opinionated characters...."

Sherie Posesorski, New York Times Book Review, 09/28/2003

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