{"product_id":"the-early-birds","title":"Laurie Graham: The Early Birds [2017] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Early Birds \u003c\/i\u003eis a hymn to lifelong female friendship and the touching and funny follow-up to \u003ci\u003eThe Future Homemakers of America \u003c\/i\u003eby the celebrated Laurie Graham. 'Why is Laurie Graham not carried on people's shoulders through cheering crowds? Her books are brilliant!' Marian Keyes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePicking up ten years after \u003ci\u003eThe Future Homemakers of America\u003c\/i\u003e left off, \u003ci\u003eThe Early Birds \u003c\/i\u003efollows Peggy, Kath, Gayle, Lois and Audrey through the turn of the twenty-first century. The women are now in their seventies and time is rendering its Accounts Payable: arthritis, cataracts, forgetfulness and departures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the dawn of the new millennium - at which the anti-Christ unaccountably fails to appear, despite evangelist Gayle's predictions - Peggy soldiers on through new upheavals, including her ex-husband Vern's Alzheimer's diagnosis, and the death of one of her live-in friends. Then, on a clear blue day in September 2001, the US Air Force scrambles too late to save America from four hostile attacks, and for the first time Peggy wonders if being a USAF wife - the constant worry about your husband, the faraway postings in Alaska, Norfolk, Siberia, the lack of control over your own life - was worth it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e               'You're getting very negative in your old age, Peggy Dewey,' says Lois. 'Sure it was worthwhile. Leastways we're not speaking Russky. And besides, we had some fun. Didn't we have some fun?'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graham, Laurie","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44821292253474,"sku":"9781784297923","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/graham-laurie-the-early-birds-9781784297923-40979412058402.jpg?v=1679785365","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/the-early-birds","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}