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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 ...

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 305
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781842324417
  • Genres
  • fiction
  • Release date
  • 2005