This is a good novel. Very well written. The story deals with a mother and her Alzheimer striken husband, that is trying to organise the last Christmas party in the town that she raised her now grown up children that are now living in various cities. As the protagonists are converging towards that Christmas party, their characters, private lives and interactions with the rest of the family are revealed with great lucidity and a straightforwad prose. It is funny, in some places very funny, and in some poignantly dramatic.
Rating 3 out of 5
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I am so hoping you'll keep some of those English books for me to borrow when we come. I so hate paying 20 euros for a book only to have to leave it behind and there are only so many books I can bring with all the weight restrictions on airlines...ciao
No problemo Rositta
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