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Overview
A compassionate portrait of an elderly - and frustrated - woman adjusting to new town life and finding a new purpose in living.
Illness forces Sylvia Calvert to live with her son Harold, a headmaster in Carshall New Town. At first, Sylvia cannot adjust to the jungle of supermarkets, 10-pin bowling alleys and recreation areas; to the committees and purposeful entertaining involved in the creation of a new society.
Above all, Sylvia can't understand Harold's odd, thrusting idealism and the strange behaviour of her grandchildren.
But a chance meeting and a family crisis give her the chance to fulfil herself ...
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- ISBN-13: 9780571248506
- ISBN-10: 0571248500
- Publisher: Faber Finds
- Publish Date: January 2009
- Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.68 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.73 pounds
- Page Count: 304
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