This is the first book I have read by Imogen Clark, chosen really as it was available on Kindle Unlimited, reviews were generally very good and the blurb sounded interesting. The story begins in the past with a young child picking up a postcard delivered by the postman, and a father who dismisses his daughter's request for him to read the words to her. Fast forward twenty years and the story moves to the young child as an adult, struggling to cope with her fathers illness, begging her older brother for help. Cara tells her brother Michael that their father's Alzheimer's is getting worse, she wants to employ a nurse. During the desperate telephone conversation, their father, Joe, is causing mayhem, banging a spoon on the table, scattering tea bags on the floor and pouring milk on top. Cara employs a nurse to help her with her father. The nurse is an interesting character. Angela Partington. I wasn't sure if I liked her at first - she seems quite forward, but as
This book was recommended to me some time ago, however, for some reason the title didn't grab me, and I didn't even get as far as reading the blurb. Generally I find the blurb one of the most important factors in choosing a book. A clever outline of the story, without giving too much away. For some reason this book just passed me by, or rather I passed on the book. More recently I posted on Facebook, asking for book recommendations. I often do this - it's another easy way of finding out what my peers are reading, and more importantly if a book is any good. Eleanor Oliphant sprang up again. I was intrigued this time enough to look the book up on Amazon and to read the blurb. "Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink...…", well I read the last bit twice, a clear indicator that Eleanor did not lead a simple life, there was