"At nearly ninety, retired nature writer Hattie Bloom prefers the company of birds to people, but when a fall lands her in Woodlands Nursing Home she struggles to cope with her loss of independence and privacy. However, when Hattie discovers The Night Owls, a clandestine social club run by Sister Bronwyn and her dog, Queenie, she gets to know some of the other residents and before long she is torn between staying with her new friends and returning to her cottage."--Publisher.