In journal format, tells the story of Hattie McNair's experiences and adventures in a South Carolina retirement home.
Effie Leland Wilder has lived in Summerville, South Carolina for over fifty years, the last ten of the at the Presbyterian Home of Summerville. She gradutated from Converse College in 1930 and received the Distinguished Alumna Award in 1982. She also received the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina's highest award, for her philanthropic work. Her work has been published in the Charleston News and Courier and in The Saturday Evening Post.
Laurie Allen Klein is a graduate of Maryville College in Tennessee. An illustrator and graphic artist, her work has appeared in Athens and Atlanta magazines and in Effie's other books. She lives in St. Augustine, Florida.