Helen Madill

Mildred may be advancing in years, but she is willing to try almost anything. She cares about the way she looks. She is ready to embrace new ideas and trends. But she is also achingly human and, as such, is prone to hilarious misadventures and failures (well, probably more than most) and yet she remains undaunted in the face of disappointment and embarrassment.

In these laugh-out-loud sentences, all readers will relate to Mildred's shortcomings on some level and will fall in love with this courageous woman who defies "aging gracefully" through no fault of her own.