Paradise Lodge Author:Nina Stibbe A delightful comic novel about growing up, getting old, and every step in between from the highly acclaimed author of Man at the Helm and Love, Nina. — After succeeding in her quest to help her unconventional mother find a new "man at the helm," 15-year old Lizzie Vogel gets more than she bargained for when she takes a job as a junior nurse at Pa... more »radise Lodge, a ramshackle refuge for the elderly that has seen better days. What begins as a way to get spending money (for important items like real coffee and beer shampoo) quickly turns into the education of a lifetime as Lizzie encounters a colorful cast of eccentric characters. But when Paradise Lodge faces a crisis, Lizzie must find a way to save her job before she loses the only place she's ever felt like she belongs.« less