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Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

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Librarian Note: An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here

On a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs. Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel where she will spend her remaining days. Her fellow residents are magnificently eccentric and endlessly curious, living off crumbs of affection and snippets of gossip. Together, upper lips stiffened, they fight off their twin enemies—boredom and the Grim Reaper. Then one day Mrs. Palfrey strikes up an unexpected friendship with Ludo, a handsome young writer, and learns that even the old can fall in love.

Language: English

Pages: 206

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Virago

Release: April 06, 2006

ISBN: 1844083217

ISBN 13: 9781844083213

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Librarian Note: An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here

On a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs. Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel where she will spend her remaining days. Her fellow residents are magnificently eccentric and endlessly curious, living off crumbs of affection and snippets of gossip. Together, upper lips stiffened, they fight off their twin enemies—boredom and the Grim Reaper. Then one day Mrs. Palfrey strikes up an unexpected friendship with Ludo, a handsome young writer, and learns that even the old can fall in love.

Language: English

Pages: 206

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Virago

Release: April 06, 2006

ISBN: 1844083217

ISBN 13: 9781844083213

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