The single ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village /
Nell, Joanna,
The single ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village / Joanna Nell. - Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2018. - 357 pages ; 24 cm.
"A moving, funny, heartwarming tale of love and community" -- Cover.
The life of 79-year-old pensioner PEGGY SMART is as beige as the décor in her retirement village. Her week revolves around aqua aerobics and appointments with her doctor. Following a very minor traffic accident, things have turned frosty with her grown-up children and she is afraid they are trying to take away her independence. Noticing her memory isn't what it used to be, Peggy is taking ever more inventive steps to cover up her dwindling faculties. The highlight of Peggy's day is watching her neighbour Brian head out for his morning swim. She dreams of inviting the handsome widower - treasurer of the Residents' Committee and one of the few eligible men in the village - to an intimate dinner. But why would an educated man like Brian, a chartered accountant no less, look twice at Peggy? As a woman of a certain age, she fears she has become invisible, even to men in their eighties. But a chance encounter with an old school friend she hasn't seen in five decades - the glamorous fashionista ANGIE VALENTINE - sets Peggy on an unexpected journey of self-discovery.
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Older women--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Australian fiction.
Families.
Friendship.
Man-woman relationships.
Retirement communities.
Older women--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Retirement communities--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Australian fiction
Fiction.
823.92
The single ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village / Joanna Nell. - Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2018. - 357 pages ; 24 cm.
"A moving, funny, heartwarming tale of love and community" -- Cover.
The life of 79-year-old pensioner PEGGY SMART is as beige as the décor in her retirement village. Her week revolves around aqua aerobics and appointments with her doctor. Following a very minor traffic accident, things have turned frosty with her grown-up children and she is afraid they are trying to take away her independence. Noticing her memory isn't what it used to be, Peggy is taking ever more inventive steps to cover up her dwindling faculties. The highlight of Peggy's day is watching her neighbour Brian head out for his morning swim. She dreams of inviting the handsome widower - treasurer of the Residents' Committee and one of the few eligible men in the village - to an intimate dinner. But why would an educated man like Brian, a chartered accountant no less, look twice at Peggy? As a woman of a certain age, she fears she has become invisible, even to men in their eighties. But a chance encounter with an old school friend she hasn't seen in five decades - the glamorous fashionista ANGIE VALENTINE - sets Peggy on an unexpected journey of self-discovery.
9780733640353 0733640354 9780733640360 0733640362
be2018033766
Older women--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Australian fiction.
Families.
Friendship.
Man-woman relationships.
Retirement communities.
Older women--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Retirement communities--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Australian fiction
Fiction.
823.92
