This is one of several books I brought home from the fundraising shelves within Grewelthorpe Village Hall last night while enjoying an evening of English Country Dancing. It looks like an interesting addition to my depleting piles of books To Be Read - and its being a Virago Modern Classic is a bonus, their livery is in itself a recommendation!

Amazon Editorial Review: "On a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel where she will spend her remaining days. Her fellow residents are magnificently eccentric and endlessly curious, living off crumbs of affection and snippets of gossip. Together, upper lips stiffened, they fight off their twin enemies: boredom and the Grim Reaper.
Then one day Mrs Palfrey strikes up an unlikely friendship with an impoverished young writer, Ludo, who sees her as inspiration for his novel."

Very good but desperately sad. A moving and memorable portrayal of a nightmare old age that none of us would want to look forward to . . . .

This is one of a couple of books I swapped in Brigantes last night while in York for a delicious meal in the Thai restaurant along the road.

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Picked up at the August York Bookcrossing meetup.

Oh, NuKnees is right, this is desperately sad! But witty, and very well written. Read it when you're felling chipper, not on a sad Sunday afternoon.

To be released at the September York Bookcrossing meetup.

Hi Nu-knees. I went to York on a day trip and had lunch at Brigantes. Picked up 3 books including this one.

Good book. Great characters. Thanks

Posting this to Cinderess. Enjoy.

Thank you for sending this to me Reet, we watched the film a few years ago and I'm interested to read the original story. (Nice tea bag included too!)

An interesting read; my first by this author. Well written with distinct characters, but ultimately very grim!

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Picked up at today's Birmingham meetup: I'd heard a little of this on the radio and wanted to read it.