Four and Twenty Beds

A reluctant but observant wife narrates the couple's sudden decision to buy and run a roadside motel and the family adjustments that follow. Episodic chapters mix comic misadventure and practical detail as they face demanding guests, constant repairs, bookkeeping, and peculiar local characters. The account balances affectionate domestic portraiture with wry humor, showing how routine tasks, unforeseen crises, and small triumphs reshape daily life and reveal the resourcefulness and social negotiations required to keep a small lodging business afloat.