The Fickle Widow's Retreat

Marsha Samitt Wilchfort is a nice, left-handed, Hungarian girl from Queens who graduated from Franklin Pierce College in English and Sociology. Putting everyone first and then everyone last, she buried her husband, bought a red Mini-Cooper and 'hit the road' at age fifty-five. Renting many furnished apartments along the way, she becomes a writer's workshop groupie. Her commitment to her writing journey never falters even when she fractures her left wrist. She learns the art of the essay in conferences and workshops from North Carolina to Oaxaca, Mexico. A handy real-estate license allowed her to buy and sell various homes-including her own. So far, her real estate successes have outweighed her romantic endeavors. Marsha's new-found independence brings her an unfulfilled peace. Her journey and memoir ends with the realization that home is wherever you dream about the most and writing helps her find it.