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George Johnson still missed his wife Penny, even after three years. Pen had died from cancer after a happy, loving life the two had enjoyed, and although they hadn’t had children, George’s sister Shirl and brother in law Bill had kids George and Pen fussed over. Now George was retired, over seventy and lonely. On his way home from the shop where he’d bought milk and a few other basics, George was attacked by thugs. A young woman, Angie, saved him from a worse beating and he was grateful.
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4★
A wild-child young woman chases off a couple of young thugs who are robbing and attacking an unsuspecting old bloke in a Melbourne suburb. George, 76, meet Angie, almost 20.
Turns out, Angie is only half of a package, the other half being her almost-5-year old daughter Rory, (Aurora-Jane, if you will), who is nervous, silent, suspicious. They’ve moved around a lot during Rory’s short life and Angie sees George as a likely place to crash for a while.
George is a sad widower with a bossy older si ...more
A wild-child young woman chases off a couple of young thugs who are robbing and attacking an unsuspecting old bloke in a Melbourne suburb. George, 76, meet Angie, almost 20.
Turns out, Angie is only half of a package, the other half being her almost-5-year old daughter Rory, (Aurora-Jane, if you will), who is nervous, silent, suspicious. They’ve moved around a lot during Rory’s short life and Angie sees George as a likely place to crash for a while.
George is a sad widower with a bossy older si ...more
4.5★ I enjoyed this - it took a twist I was certainly not expecting partway through! I think I struggled about what to say in a review initially, and now I’ve left it a little too long to write one, because I can’t remember a lot about it. Other than that I was expecting something a little like A Man Called Ove, and it kind of was, but then it went beyond that.
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Aug 14, 2016
Chris
marked it as to-read
