by Rebecca Hunt
Tricky book to evaluate impartially and I'm probably being a little hard on it.
When I first saw this book, I thought "ok...light read", but didn't expect much more out of it. This book is goofy and hilarious! I don't know if that is what the author was shooting for, but my first reaction was that she had to be doing halucinogens while writing this book. An aging Winston Church...
ARC on the way.
ARC on the way.
Books at bedtime Radio 4Blurb - Set across five days in July 1964 we follow the bizarrely intertwined lives of Sir Winston Churchill, Esther Hammerhans and the unwelcome visitor they both share.Abridged and produced by Jill Waters A Waters Company Production for BBC Radio 4.
"You are a dark star in the constellation which forms me. And to fight against you is to try and fight the stars in the enternal firmament." so says churchill to black pat, the huge, black dog that exemplifies his depression...and who becomes a temporary lodger of esther, a young widow...a great p...