Broken Biscuits
Liz Kettle(Author)
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 5. April 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-14-102582-7 (ISBN)
Description
Agnes is senile and has so lost the plot that she's been institutionalized. In this story her life runs backwards. Her granddaughter, Jodie, is faring only slightly better: her medication at least keeps her in the community. While her story also has the sense to run forwards. But one way or another, Agnes and Jodie are set for a collusion. For both of their lives hinge (or rather became unhinged) on some unfortunate business in the past. Which means that Jodie is going to spring Agnes from the old people's home in which she is incarcerated in order to get to the bottom of things. "Broken Biscuits" is a dark comedy of madness and ill manners, of the dotty and the potty, and the lengths extraordinary people must go to appear ordinary.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
180 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-102582-7 (9780141025827)
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Person
Liz Kettle was born and bred in South West London. She moved to Sheffield in 1990, and still lives there with her partner and two sons.