A teenage near-romance has the chance of being rekindled twenty years later. Twenty years too late? (This review gives away no more than is in the books's blurb, though the quotes section at the end is a little less subtle.)It is poignant and painful, occasionally funny, but never sentimental or sac...
Probably Taylor's best and best known novel. If you only read one book by Taylor make it this one. She gets right into the heart of old age without a hint of sentimentality or condescension and manages to make the end of life both uplifting and heart breaking.
No one nails the frailties of human beings the way Elizabeth Taylor did. In this story of beautiful, bland Flora who witlessly wreaks havoc on her family and friends because she's slightly too thick and conceited to grasp how much damage she's causing, Taylor makes the reader simultaneously wince an...
A simple, poignant story that focuses on obligation, guilt and blame, rather than characters or plot - though it's not as depressing as it sounds.It is set around the time of publication (mid '70s), though at times it could easily be a decade or two earlier (except that the name Amy feels very incon...
Willful and stubborn, the kind of girl who only sees what she wants to see and does what she wants to do no matter what anyone else says—that’s Angel. On the whole, I really liked her. Taylor portrays her in such a way that no matter which path Angel chooses, it perfectly suits her character. Her ch...
At a slim 178 pages, a poignant but unsentimental story about the vulnerabilities of age, set at the Claremont Hotel, whose elderly residents say of it, "we aren't allowed to die here." In its quiet way, absolutely gutting.
I've been reading a lot of British domestic fiction written during and about the 1930s and 40s lately and it's interesting to see how different people handle wartime relationships in Britain. I sort of liked this book, but I didn't love it. I found the characters difficult to like and the ambience u...
Mrs. Palfrey checks into the Claremont Hotel. Her next stopwill be a nursing home and everyone knows what is after that. Mrs.Palfrey has had a small life, with few friends, but while she is at theClaremont, she makes some of the best friends of her life, including afriendship with a young man.
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