Guppies for Tea

by Marika Cobbold

Paperback, 1993

Status

Available

Call number

813

Publication

Bantam Books (1993), Paperback, 288 pages

Description

Amelia Lindsey is an exceptional young woman. She shares her days between a grandmother whom she loves, a mother whom she tolerates with patient fortitude, and Gerald. They had fallen in love two years earlier, when he was in his artistic phase, and had begged her to move in with him. Now (no longer in his artistic phase) he is showing signs of irritation. And suddenly Selma, the talented and much-beloved grandmother has become old. As life - and Gerald - begins to collapse all around Amelia, she is determined that the one person who will not fade is Selma. Fighting a one-woman battle against Cherryfield retirement home, Gerald's defection and her mother's obsession with germs, Amelia finds herself capable of plots, diversions, and friendships she has never imagined before.… (more)

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LibraryThing member wyvernfriend
A book about dealing with old age and the changes in relationships that happen with age. Interesting and poignant it echoes reality and should be standard reading for people working with and making policies for homes for the elderly. Although some of the characters were a bit cliched and overdrawn
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you could see the echo of reality in them.
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LibraryThing member princessponti
Another book by Marika Cobbold with so much heart it made my heart break in many places. The twin threads of a relationship breakdown and the deteriation of an elderly relative are painful topics, you can't read this without feeling. Saying that, there where lots of light comic touches and feel
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good moments throughout.
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Physical description

288 p.; 7.4 inches

ISBN

0552995371 / 9780552995375
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