Where river turns to sky

Eighty-year-old george castor promised he would never let his best friend ralph die alone at the silver gardens nursing home--but ralph passed on while george was away fishing. distraught, guilt-stricken and seeking redemption, george buys a broken-down mansion in looking glass, oregon, paints it fire-engine red, and begins searching for other old folks to share it with him. because george has made a new promise that will alter the course of the rest of his life. and, with the help of a miraculous old woman named grace, he assembles a ragtag bunch of aging strangers, determined to make their last days on earth--and his own--an adventure.