num_pages: 153
description: At the Diamond County Home for the Aged, the inmates prepare for the annual ritual of the Poorhouse Fair, a summer celebration at which the old and infirm sell their produce on stalls to the people of the local town. Bitter, resentful and edging towards senility, the elderly residents of the Home take pride every year in the responsibility and self-respect they gain from this one day. But when the fair goes less well than the old folks had hoped, they are in no doubt who to Conner, the new prefect of the home. Together, they begin to revolt against the younger man, and reassert their own independence.
language: English
title: The Poorhouse Fair
titlecomplete: The Poorhouse Fair
genres: Fiction, American, American Fiction, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, United States
ratings_count: 811
awards: awardedAt: -315590400000
name: Rosenthal Family Foundation Award, awardedAt: -315590400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin Classics