$19.54
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
23 July 2019
Summary
Joanna Nell’s life-affirming debut is a moving, funny, heartwarming tale of love and community in the spirit of THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY and GRACE AND FRANKIE.
The life of 79-year-old pensioner PEGGY SMART is as beige as the decor in her retirement village. Her week revolves around aqua aerobics and appointments with her doctor. Following a very minor traffic accident, things have turned frosty with her grown-up children and she is afraid they are trying to take …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733642500 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0733642500 |
| Author: | Joanna Nell |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 23 July 2019 |
| Weight: | 290g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 22mm |
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Love in a retirement village? Oh yes, and it’s a wonderful story of community spirit and friendship, pacemakers and aqua aerobics. - The Australian Women’s Weekly
Love in a retirement village? Oh yes, and it’s a wonderful story of community spirit and friendship, pacemakers and aqua aerobics. - The Australian Women’s Weekly
About The Author
Joanna Nell
Joanna Nell is a British-Australian writer, GP and advocate for positive ageing. Her essays and short fiction have won multiple awards and been widely published in magazines, journals and literary anthologies. Her first five novels, The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village, The Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker, The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home, The Tea Ladies of St Jude’s Hospital and Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year, were national bestsellers. Joanna lives on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
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