Grandmothers

Grandmothers by Vickers, Salley. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780241371411.

The new novel from Salley Vickers, bestselling author of The Librarian, available for pre-order now A wonderful novel about four very different grandmothers: Blanche, who cant seem to stop stealing things from the local pharmacy; Minna, who just wants a quiet life in her shepherds hut, though the local children have other ideas; Cherry, whos adjusting to life in a care home; and Nan, whose favourite occupation is researching funerals - whose lives and grandchildren become unexpectedly entangled. Vickers sees with a clear eye and writes with a light hand. Shes a presence worth cherishing in the ranks of modern novelists. Philip Pullman Vickers has a formidable knack for laying open the human heart Sunday Times