by PatBarker (Author)
Dauntless Liza Jarrett, born at the dawn of the twentieth century, is now in her eighties, frail and facing eviction with her cantankerous parrot Nelson, when she is visited by Stephen, a young gay social worker. As she learns to trust him, she recalls her life - her embittered, exhausted mother, her shell-shocked spiritualist husband, her beloved son and chaotic daugter. Their friendship, deepening with the unfolding of their stories, comes to sustain Liza through her last battle and brings new courage to Stephen.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 284
Publisher: Virago
Published: 18 Sep 1986
ISBN 10: 0860686116
ISBN 13: 9780860686118
Book Overview: * by one of the finest chroniclers of the lives of northern working-class women