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First Harper Large Print Edition. |
| Description |
453 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Physical Medium |
large print rdafs |
| Summary |
Eudora Honeysett is done with this noisy, moronic world of it. She has witnessed the indignities and suffering of old age and has lived a full life. At eighty-five, she isnoing to leave things to chance. Her end will be on her terms. With one call to a clinic in Switzerland, a plan is set in motion. Then she meets ten-year-old Rose Trewidney, a whirling, pint-sized rainbow of color and sparkling cheer. All Eudora wants is to be left alone to set her affairs in order. Instead, she finds herself embarking on a series of adventures with the irrepressible Rose and their affable neighbor, the recently widowed Stanleyernoon tea, shopping sprees, trips to the beach, birthday celebrations, pizza parties. While the trio of unlikely BFFs grow closer and anxiously await the arrival of Roseew baby sister, Eudora is reminded of her own childhoodlosing her father during World War II and the devastating impact it had on her entire family. In reflecting on her past, Eudora realizes she must come to terms with what lies ahead. But now that her joy for life has been rekindled, how can she possibly say goodbye? |
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Girls -- Fiction.
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Friendship -- Fiction.
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Older women -- Fiction.
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Children and adults -- Fiction.
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Neighbors -- Fiction.
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Assisted suicide -- Fiction.
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Widowers -- Fiction.
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Life change events -- Fiction.
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Large type books.
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| ISBN |
9780063030435 (pbk. : lg. print) |
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0063030438 (pbk. : lg. print) |
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