The birthday party
By: Elvi Rhodes
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: ISIS
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780753164198; 9780753164181
Subjects: Memory in old age; Fiction; Older women; Psychology; Birthdays; Intergenerational relations
Description: Poppy is soon to be eighty and, to celebrate, the whole of her family is gathering. The trouble is, she doesn't feel old at all. As Poppy waits to welcome her family, she remembers her life, but not all of her memories are happy ones.
Notes: Originally published: London: Bantam, 2000.