Three Things About Elsie
A Novel
by Joanna Cannon
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Pub Date Aug 07 2018 | Archive Date Aug 07 2018
Description
There are three things you should know about Elsie. The first thing is that she’s my best friend. The second is that she always knows what to say to make me feel better. And the third thing…might take a bit more explaining.
Eighty-four-year-old Florence has fallen in her flat at Cherry Tree Home for the Elderly. As she waits to be rescued, she thinks about her friend Elsie and wonders if a terrible secret from their past is about to come to light. If the charming new resident is who he claims to be, why does he look exactly like a man who died sixty years ago?
From the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, Three Things About Elsie “breathes with suspense, providing along the way piercing, poetic descriptions, countless tiny mysteries, and breathtaking little reveals…a rich portrait of old age and friendship stretched over a fascinating frame” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). This is an “amusing and heartbreaking” (Publishers Weekly) story about forever friends on the twisting path of life who come to understand how the fine threads of humanity connect us all.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781501187384 |
| PRICE | $26.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 304 |
Featured Reviews
Educator 308336
I find Cannon's newest novel a kind of continuation of her last book, THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP. In Goats and Sheep, the two young girls made it their business to find out every detail that the adults wanted to keep from them. They were proper little detectives, with a loving friendship that was endearing and loving.
The story is about two extremely close friends who had weathered a long life and now live in a retirement community called The Cherry Tree Home for the Elderly. The residents live independent lives in their flats with meal and cleaning services. The community room arranges ways for the residents to amuse themselves and socialize with each other.
Florence Claybourne, our unreliable narrator, has fallen in her flat and while she waits for someone to find her, she ruminates about her life and her dear friend, Elsie. Elsie and Flo became friends on the first day of school eons ago. Flo gave up her seat to a disabled girl and sat down with Elsie. That small gesture cemented together with the lives of Flo and Elsie. They know each other inside out, can finish each other's sentences even though Elsie seems to have a better grasp of names and dates.
The ladies come from a small town where everyone knew each other's private lives and who made a success of it and who did not. What I learned from M. Cannon was that it is the small things that happen in life that can change an entire life and make it worthwhile, no matter what the world thinks of your status in society. This novel was another favorite of mine from the wonderful novelist. Joanna Cannon.
Thank you, NetGalley and Scribner for the opportunity to read this e-Arc.
USA publication is expected on August 7th, 2018
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