| Description |
352 pages 21 cm. |
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| Summary |
"The world was changed around seventy-nine-year-old librarian Millicent Carmichael, aka Missy. Though quick to admit that she often found her roles as a housewife and mother less than satisfying, Missy once led a bustling life driven by two children, an accomplished and celebrated husband, and a Classics degree from Cambridge. Now her husband is gone, her daughter is estranged after a shattering argument, and her son has moved to his wife's native Australia, taking Missy's beloved only grandchild half a world away. She spends her days sipping sherry, avoiding people, and rattling around in her oversized, underdecorated house waiting for...what exactly?"--Provided by Publisher |
| Source |
B&T 06.2020 PARS |
| Subject |
Middle-aged women -- Fiction.
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Mothers and child -- Fiction.
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Friendship -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780525542452 (pbk.) |
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9780525542469 (epub) |
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