Daphne lives in an apartment that has a wonderful view of London, but she's tired of feeling imprisoned there by some secret from her past. It's been 15 years, but now that she has had her 70th birthday, she wants get back out and meet people. She is outspoken and feisty, and if she wants to make friends at this late stage of life, she's got some learning to do.
Art is an actor who has been mostly out-of-work, but he finds himself stealing things without ever needing or using what he's taken, probably because of his own sad history.
Daphne and Art, along with a handful of other characters who have their own odd stories, meet at a senior citizen program that Lydia has been hired to run. Poor Lydia is low on self esteem, and if she thinks these seniors are going to be happy making macramé plant holders, she's got another think coming! When part of the ceiling collapses on the first day of the senior program, the building is at risk of being sold and torn down. The various groups who use the building‒a daycare, AA, and pregnant women‒are doing all they can to save the community center, with the seniors taking the lead. The seniors team up with the children in the daycare to get some good PR, which leads to their newfound group expanding. You can't go wrong with eccentric old people, babies, and dogs, can you? Fun story.
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