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All about Ella / Meredith Appleyard.

All about Ella / Meredith Appleyard.

At 70, Ella's world is upended, leaving her at odds with her three adult children, whose attention is fixed more firmly on her money than her ongoing welfare. After an argument with her son Anthony, she flees his Adelaide home for Cutlers Bay, a seaside town on the Yorke Peninsula. There she befriends Angie, a 40-year-old drifter, and becomes an irritant to local cop Zach. He's keen to shift Ella off his turf, because Anthony phones daily, demanding his mother be sent home. And besides, Zach just doesn't trust Angie. Ella warms to Cutlers Bay, and it warms to her. In a defiant act of self-determination, she buys an entirely unsuitable house on the outskirts of town, and Angie agrees to help make it habitable. Zach is drawn to the house on the clifftop, and finds himself revising his earlier opinions of Ella, and Angie. A keenly observed story about aging and its inherent vulnerability, about community and chosen family, about how family stressors shape us all, about trust and loyalty, and about standing up for yourself.

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Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date reserve
L051179 F APPL
Adult Fiction   Emu Park Branch . . On Loan . 17 Apr 2024
L051185 F APPL
Adult Fiction   Mt Chalmers Branch . . Available .  
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ISBN 9781867230847 (pbk.)
1867230844 (pbk.)
Author Appleyard, Meredith author.
Title All about Ella / Meredith Appleyard.
Published Sydney, NSW : HQ Fiction, 2021.
Description 399 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes "It's not too late to own her life - no matter what her children think"--Cover.
Summary At 70, Ella's world is upended, leaving her at odds with her three adult children, whose attention is fixed more firmly on her money than her ongoing welfare. After an argument with her son Anthony, she flees his Adelaide home for Cutlers Bay, a seaside town on the Yorke Peninsula. There she befriends Angie, a 40-year-old drifter, and becomes an irritant to local cop Zach. He's keen to shift Ella off his turf, because Anthony phones daily, demanding his mother be sent home. And besides, Zach just doesn't trust Angie. Ella warms to Cutlers Bay, and it warms to her. In a defiant act of self-determination, she buys an entirely unsuitable house on the outskirts of town, and Angie agrees to help make it habitable. Zach is drawn to the house on the clifftop, and finds himself revising his earlier opinions of Ella, and Angie. A keenly observed story about aging and its inherent vulnerability, about community and chosen family, about how family stressors shape us all, about trust and loyalty, and about standing up for yourself.
Subjects Australian fiction
Older women -- Fiction
Families -- Fiction
Parent and adult child -- Fiction
Widows -- Fiction
Life change events -- Fiction
Female friendship -- Fiction
Dwellings -- Remodeling -- Fiction
Aging -- Fiction
Yorke Peninsula (S.A.) -- Fiction
Genre Domestic fiction.
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