Ann MacLeod

The Connecting Door Ann MacLeod

"When you're old, try to live someplace warm." This advice, overheard on the wintry streets of Philadelphia, inspired two professionals to pull up roots upon retirement and move into a south Florida community of elders. Little did they know that by choosing an apartment in idiosyncratic Building Six, they were aligning themselves with a rebellious set of individuals under siege by a harried director. How the newcomers and their neighbors manage, in a one-size-fits-all communal setting, to hold onto their independence and long-held values makes for a lively story, complete with the perils of aging, a destructive hurricane, a couple of protest movements and, even, for one of the main characters, an ill-fated encounter with the law.