Publisher's Synopsis
Life is the strangest thing, especially for octogenarian Mrs Elner Shimfissle, living in Elmwood Springs, Missouri. One minute, Elner is up a tree, picking figs to make jam, and the next she is off on an adventure she never dreamed of. She runs into people she never expected to see again, in the unlikeliest places. Meanwhile, Elner's niece Norma takes to her bed, before embarking on a new career; her friend Luther Griggs runs his eighteen-wheeler into a ditch; a dark secret emerges from the past - and the entire town is left wondering, 'What is life all about, anyway?' Except for Tot Whooten: her main concern is that the end of the world might come before she can collect her social security...
