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Live a little

Jacobson, Howard2020
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At the age of 90-something, Beryl Dusinbery is forgetting everything - including her own children. She spends her days stitching morbid samplers and tormenting her two long-suffering carers, Nastya and Euphoria, with tangled stories of her husbands and love affairs. Shimi Carmelli can do up his own buttons, walks without the aid of a frame and speaks without spitting. Among the widows of North London, he's whispered about as the last of the eligible bachelors. Unlike Beryl, he forgets nothing - especially not the shame of a childhood incident that has hung over him like an oppressive cloud ever since. There's very little life remaining for either of them, but perhaps just enough to heal some of the hurt inflicted along the way, and find new meaning in what's left.
Main title:
Live a little / Howard Jacobson.
Author:
Imprint:
Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2020.
Collation:
400 pages (large print)
Notes:
Standard print edition originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2019.
ISBN:
9781004003433 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FICTION
Local class:
F
Language:
English
BRN:
2966087
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