Synopsis: Elizabeth Webster is a spinster pushing seventy. Forced out of her teaching job, she unleashes her sharp tongue and dogmatic opinions on everyone in the English village of Little Blessington. Then, one night, she grinds to a dead halt. To recover from this illness, she travels to North Africa where she has a brush with terrorism - not that she cares about politics. Three weeks after Miss Webster has returned home her doorbell rings. There stands a beautiful young Arab man carrying a large suitcase. Who is he, why is he there and what does he want?

A charming and compassionate description of an unlikely friendship. I picked it up in a bookshop when I had a couple of minutes to kill and it stayed in my bag for a little while. Then, one day, I sat in a coffee shop with an hour spare just watching people and taking it easy when I remembered the book. I just wanted to have a look at it while I had a moment. Four hours and several coffees later I'd read it through. It left me with a lot to think about. And I had to read it again with more leisure at a later time to enjoy the language and the setting. It's compelling!

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Burger King Restaurant. Next to Computers/Public Internet Access.