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The Gingerbread House
Kate Beaufoy
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An incredibly honest, humbling and touching tale of one family's struggle with dementia
出版
Black & White Publishing Ltd
, 2017-03-02
主題
Fiction / General
Fiction / Women
Fiction / Family Life / General
ISBN
1785301144
9781785301148
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=SOfXDQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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'Moving, honest, and darkly comic.' - Marian Keyes
'Gripping, heartbreaking, funny, surprising.' - Roddy Doyle
'Beautiful, heartbreaking, original, honest, unique.' - Cecelia Ahern
Life in the Gingerbread House is no fairy tale...
When
Tess
agrees to move into her aged mother-in-law's
idyllic country cottage
, she sees it as the perfect opportunity to escape the distractions of the city and start work on a novel. However, life in the Gingerbread House is no fairy tale. Tess is utterly unprepared for the
reality of caring for Eleanor
, who suffers from dementia.
Feeling increasingly
isolated
, she struggles to cope as Eleanor fluctuates between violent mood swings, child-like dependency and moments of
heart-wrenching lucidity
. Meanwhile, Tess's teenage daughter
Katia
is helpless to intercede; in the end she can only watch as things fall apart and a tragedy even closer to home surfaces.
Heart-breaking and hopeful in equal measure,
The Gingerbread House
addresses a struggle that many families face with compassion, honesty and a gentle humour that becomes so necessary when coping with the impact of dementia.
What readers are saying about The Gingerbread House:
'
A small novel, with a huge heart
... Beaufoy has created a stunning and sensual read, which may just break even the hardest of hearts. Highly recommended.' - Margaret Madden, Sunday Independent
'You won't see the final,
heart-rending twist
in this taboo-tackling novel until it hits you. And it hits hard.' - The Sunday Post
'
Darkly funny
.' - Woman's Own
'A triumph. Darkly moving, beautifully written. A counterpoint to the disturbing them is the deft and
beautifully readable
prose. Couldn't put it down.' - Pippa James, author of
The Secret Life of Lucy Lovecake
'
Charming, funny, tender and sad
, and devastatingly readable. I will never forget it.' - Hilary Mortz
'Frank and
incredibly moving
.' - Book-Drunk Blog
'A most original,
thought-provoking
and all too real story.' - Amazon Reviewer