The girls
By: Helen Yglesias
Edition: 1st Ballantine Books ed.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780345441126
Subjects: Sisters; Humorous stories; Fiction; Older people
Description: A novel on a geriatric community in Miami Beach, featuring three Jewish sisters. It is narrated by the youngest, who is 85. She describes everyday activity, as well as attitudes to life and death, some people hoping to go soon, others fighting to stick around.
Notes: Originally published: [Harrison, N.Y.] : Delphinium Books, 1999.