by Charlene Ann Baumbich

Introduces the colorful inhabitants of Partonville, a small farming town in southern Illinois, including the senior citizens' softball team, the Wild Musketeers; the Happy Hookers, a group of women who used to hood rugs but switched to playing bunco; and the irrepressible eighty-seven-year-old Dorothy Jean Wetstra, who faces a choice that could change her town forever. Original. 100,000 first printing.