The Wisdom Palace With Meredy Rice Benson

Ojai: Talk of the Town · Apr 14, 2021 · 52m

Meredy Benson Rice, a long-time Ojai educator, has a side passion as an author. We talk about her most recent release, "The Wisdom Palace," about 12-year-old Isabelle, whose parents are about to get divorced. She is sent off to her grandfather's farm in rural Ontario, where she dreads the disruption and chaos that ensues. As Rice writes, "Instead she is propelled into the chaotic world of her Aunt Beth, a wild menagerie of cousins, and a crazy plan to run a summer camp for the elderly." Among the happy elderly campers are Ida, an exotic 90-year-old who resembles an Ojai icon with her…