The Second Chance Trailer Park by Katie Powner

 

Katie Powner is another author that I always look forward to when she has a new release. The Second Chance Trailer Park was a character-driven novel full of fun characters.

Meredith McGillicutty is ready for a change of pace. After she gets passed over for a promotion at work, she is ready to retire. She not only follows through and does retire, but she lies about her age to get into a retirement community. However, Peaceful Pines Retirement Community may not end up being as relaxing as she dreamed about. There are a lot of fun older folks that Meredith gets to know there, as well as a couple of younger ones, so there is a little mix of ages.

I enjoy older characters as I worked in a nursing home as an activity assistant for a couple of years and met some older characters myself. I not only enjoyed getting to know Meredith, but I enjoyed the other characters at Peaceful Pines. The characters seemed real and had some true-to-life struggles. It also had some humor and heart because some of these people had some quirky attributes as well. I was pulling for Meredith. . .and for Harry, Doug, Rowdy, and all the fun characters that I got to know. There is some mystery and some romance in the book but neither of those terms classify this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading about older characters in a no-spice book. I also liked this fun cover on The Second Chance Trailer Park. 

I won a copy of this book from the author through Facebook. All opinions are my own. 

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