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Nora Christie, still elegant at the age of 80, most certainly does not want to live in a senior retirement home. Not to be snobbish, but she feels she is used to better things. She’s healthy and literate, unlike most of the people one would find in such a place. Would there be anyone to play scrabble? To her surprise, Nora soon becomes immersed in the goings on in what she calls the “Twilight Zone,” (a peaceful, purplish place between bright, vivid life and the darkness of oblivion). She begins to record the zany, bizarre, touching things that happen when you put old people together.

Code Name Nora Tells It Like It Is Life in a Retirement Home eBook Mary McPhee

Product details File Size 618 KB Print Length 175 pages Publisher Mary McPhee (February 3, 2012) Publication Date February 3, 2012 Sold by  Digital Services LLC Language English ASIN B00772CJXK

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Code Name Nora Tells It Like It Is Life in a Retirement Home eBook Mary McPhee Reviews

I love Mary McFee! Reading her books is as comforting as hot chocolate on a cold winter night. She has an amazing talent that makes you believe you have found your new best friend.
With any luck, almost everyone eventually gets to the point in their lives when they are advanced in years and may go to live in a retirement home or they know someone who already lives in a "Old folks home". Code Name Nora is a refreshing prospective on the lives of the tenants that find themselves living together and sharing their lives, loves, hopes, and dreams; past, present and future. The writer acquaints us with real people and invites us to enjoy the richness and humor of the persons that reside in a retirement home and promises to entertain the readers who can appreciate the finer folks in life! I highly recommend this book and it's author.
Since I'm about the same age as Nora, I was able to relate to her story. So it was with pleasure that I read of her thoughts, opinions and daily life with the other inmates (!). Hope I can have McPhee's (or should I say Nora's?) humor and patience when and if I am able to move into a retirement home. Looking forward to Mc'Phee's other books.
This is a book about "elderly" friends in a Retirement Home, vignettes about life there. There is humor, compassion and sometimes a little pathos.
It turns out that people don't really change that much when they age.
Older folk still remain young at heart.
Code Name Nora is a fun read for anyone who is no longer young or who has older people in his or her family.
We enjoyed our edition so much that we finished the book in 2 evenings, a feat usually reserved for detective novels.
Mary McPhee is obviously a seasoned writer.
She has turned what had probably been her own diary into this delightful book.
Code Name Nora should be required reading for anyone living in a retirement home or considering moving into one. Who knew seniors could have so much fun together? The author, in her eighties, is a keen observer and a wonderful writer. She captures the humorous, endearing, bizarre happenings that go on within a community of elders. Younger readers who have someone older in their lives will enjoy this book as well. An easy five stars!
Give or take a few years, I myself am closing in on the Twilight Zone. I can only hope my life in that dimension adds up to the complete enjoyment I felt while reading "Code Name Nora." The book is sensitive, humorous, absolutely beautiful, and a satisfying read. Great job, Mary McPhee. I loved this story and will miss Nora.
This book is funny and moving at the same time. Let's get the negative out of the way first the cover is odd, and the formatting at first seems a little confusing. But this book is a collection of blog posts written by an eighty-something woman who moves to an independent living community. She still has her car, and lives in an apartment within the community, but otherwise it's assisted living.

Have you ever wondered how it's going to be for you in your very senior years? "Nora" tells you, and she does it in a way that is sharp, witty, poignant, and at times, profoundly moving. Here's an example of her insights

"It's rather amazing that 80 years of living still hasn't given me all the answers to myself or shown me everything that I'm capable of. I still surprise myself with some of the things I say and do. (I suspect younger people think older people are all settled and serene inside - or blank - but of course that isn't so.)"

Nora hints, but doesn't explain fully, her past. I wish she had. She says that she and her husband, who were married a long time, were from different backgrounds, and his was affluent. In this next passage, after a tiff with a friend, she is alone with her thoughts which demonstrate she still hasn't decided which world she best fits in.

"...She took out her well-worn yardstick. (Nora writes about herself in the third person most of the time.) Such an imbroglio would never have happened among her old country club friends. They were much too polite and well-bred, the very qualities in them she had come to scorn...At last, in bed, she still thought about what had happened, shaking her head figuratively at its silliness, but still feeling miffed about it. She decided there was something to be said about the decorum and reserve of her former friends."

As Nora adjusts to her new living arrangements, she grapples with the reality of her life at this age. She seems to be trying to figure out who she is now, sure of herself in some ways but willing to grow. What an insight to how it must feel to be bright and elderly, still open to change and some degree of risk.

Mary McPhee wrote this book at a time when blogging was still gaining traction. She was eighty at the time. In that, she is a rare bird, an early-adopter, and I think that speaks to her intellect. On top of that, she writes candidly about what it feels like to proactively move to a place where she'll be within range of help if/when she needs it. What courage! I appreciated that Mary, in the guise of Nora, took the time to gather her blog posts into a book and share it with us. With humor and honesty, she sheds light on the path ahead. I wish her the greatest success.
Lynne Spreen, author of award-winning midlife novel Dakota Blues
I found the book entertaining and easy to read even with the large cast of characters. In the beginning, I laughed at many of the residents and their quirky personalities. As I continued to read, I felt sorry for many of them and realized that most of the "zoners" were just docked and waiting to go to their final resting place. You couldn't help but love Sara and Nora and their special friendship and I developed a fondness for Little Mo, Crabby Molly, crusty Tillie and several others. Cass and Peggy provided fodder for the jealous ladies with their romance (?) and Shiko seemed a gentle soul.