Little crackers
Subtitle: tales from the edge
By: Beda Higgins
Publisher: Saraband
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Glasgow
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781908643698; 9781908643681
Description: A mother struggles to bond with her newborn baby; a student obsesses about flies spreading their killer germs; an old man is at the mercy of his care home nurse. People can look &#x91;normal', but appearances often mask a darker inner reality. Inspired by the author's experiences as a nurse over the last thirty years, and written with compassion and a wild imagination, 'Little Crackers' opens a world of strange characters &#x96; the paranoid, the isolated, the exploited and the wicked &#x96; and raises questions about how we care for the most vulnerable members of our society. Obsession, dementia, post-natal.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; arthur's last adventure; the cough; the good shepherd; cathy; being normal; one in a thousand; the suitcase; survivor; tracy's vocation; waiting; the leopard; wiggy; between a rock and a hard place; quality of life; the man; bad blood; the feeling; david's journey; elephants on the beach; revelation; acknowledgements; about the author; Also by Beda Higgins; Copyright.