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Graham, Laurie, 1947-

The early birds / Laurie Graham. - London Quercus Publishing 2017. - 378 p. 24 cm. - Future Homemakers of America 2 .

"Picking up ten years after The Future Homemakers of
America left off, The Early Birds follows Peggy, Kath,
Gayle, Lois and Audrey through the turn of the twenty-
first century. The women are now in their seventies and
time is rendering its Accounts Payable: arthritis,
cataracts, forgetfulness and departures. From the dawn of
the new millennium - at which the anti-Christ
unaccountably fails to appear, despite evangelist Gayle's
predictions - Peggy soldiers on through new upheavals,
including her ex-husband Vern's Alzheimer's diagnosis, and
the death of one of her live-in friends. Then, on a clear
blue day in September 2001, the US Air Force scrambles too
late to save America from four hostile attacks, and for
the first time Peggy wonders if being a USAF wife - the
constant worry about your husband, the faraway postings in
Alaska, Norfolk, Siberia, the lack of control over your
own life - was worth it."--Publisher description.

ISBN: 1784297925 9781784297923 1784297917 9781784297916

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Female friendship--Fiction.
Military spouses--United States--Fiction.
Older people--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Married women--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction