Stephanie Greene is the author of six books about Owen Foote, as well as Falling into Place and Show and Tell. She lives with her family in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

All the good things in Margarets world are collapsing, one by one, like a row of dominoes. First her dad remarriedplink. Then her grandfather diedplinkplink. Then her grandmother had to sell the house and move into a retirement communityplinkplinkplink. Now Dads new wife is having a baby, and Margaret is going to visit Gran at Carol Woods. There she learns that Gran is having an even harder time adjusting to change than Margaret herself. Determined to cheer Gran up, Margaret and her younger cousin, Roy, set out to find her some new friends. Their quest leads them to some of Carolwoods most colorful characters, and ultimately helps Margaret to ease both Grans pain and her own. Stephanie Greene, the author of the popular Owen Foote books, introduces an appealing and bold new heroine in this funny novel that handles its serious themes with a light touch.