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Peggy Rowe has written three New York Times’ bestsellers since turning 80 — and she’s at it again with her newest book, Oh No, Not the Home (Forefront Books).

In this humorous memoir, Rowe decides the time has finally come to move into a senior living facility with her husband, John, who follows his beloved bride . . . grudgingly. Once ensconced in "The Home," however, John quickly makes a long list of eclectic friends and takes up bocci ball, hatchet throwing, pool playing and various other distractions that keep him mostly sane. Meanwhile, Peggy finds humor in places a normal person would never think to look — and laughter around every corner. Missing dentures? A mouse in the house? Nude sunbathing with an unexpected audience? Gluttony in the dining hall? A chair volleyball game that turns into geriatric target practice? It's all here.

With her usual mix of warmth and irreverence, Rowe brings her daily journal to life with an unforgettable mix of observations and confessions, written with the honesty of a true observer of the human condition and the urgency of an embedded reporter entrenched in a strange and distant land.

Rowe lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with her husband of 64 years. After 15 years as a stay-at-home mom to their three sons, and a somewhat abbreviated career in education, Peggy began writing in earnest. She’s both attended and keynoted the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop.