Author: Pat Barker Year: 1986 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction, Historical fiction
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ISBNs: 9780312253042 0312253044 |
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Dauntless Liza Jarrett, born at the dawn of the twentieth century, is now in her eighties, frail and facing eviction with her cantankerous parrot Nelson, when she is visited by Stephen, a young gay social worker. As she learns to trust him, she recalls her life - her embittered, exhausted mother, her shell-shocked spiritualist husband, her beloved son and chaotic daugter. Their friendship, deepening with the unfolding of their stories, comes to sustain Liza through her last battle and brings new courage to Stephen.
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