James, a once eminent professor, needs full time help. So Phoebe and Robert, his distracted middle-aged offspring, employ Mandy, a veritable treasure who seems happy to relieve them of their responsibilities.
‘Our marriage was one long conversation that was only interrupted by her death’.
The Carer connected with me on a very personal level. A story I initially thought to be predictable, turned out to be a very powerful and surprising book, with numerous unexpected twists.
I continually nodded my head throughout reading, raising my eyebrows on numerous occasions and thinking gosh, I totally get this.
This is a cracking read, and it’s reinforced the fact that as you get older, life just gets more and more complicated. Fortunately, we do become wiser, so dealing with complex matters of the heart can be taken with a pinch or ten of salt.
I think readers of a certain age would take a lot from this, particularly if they have/had elderly parents and middle aged siblings.
I haven’t read anything before by Deborah Moggach, and unbeknown to me, she wrote The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, and have added the book to my shelf. Her writing style is simple, yet magical. She designs her stories in a way that hooks gently.
A solid 5 star read. It was faultless.
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Fantastic review! I tried the Marigold Hotel on audio ages ago, but DNF’D it as it’s a lot darker than the film.
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Thank you Nicki 😁 Is it darker?! Oh I didn’t know! I’m a bit more intrigued now, the film was really funny and light hearted. I’ll probably borrow it from the library. I don’t mind the darker side of life!
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Mine was a library download and it was so different to the film which I loved.
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Thank you Nicki! Another great list to browse through this morning 😍
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