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As a woman of a certain age, she fears she has become invisible, even to men in their eighties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut a chance encounter with an old school friend she hasn't seen in five decades - the glamorous fashionista ANGIE VALENTINE - sets Peggy on an unexpected journey of self-discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Browse Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ 9780733640353 \/ Large","offer_id":16262224969771,"sku":"NELL4","price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2696\/2492\/files\/35A10119-4A92-41E4-9AA7-B58A720B0CA4.jpg?v=1730454441"},{"product_id":"last-voyage-of-mrs-henry-parker-nell-joanna2019-paperback","title":"Last voyage of Mrs Henry Parker. Joanna Nell. 2020.","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the wife of retired ship’s doctor Dr Henry Parker, Evelyn is living out her twilight years aboard the Golden Sunset. Every night she dresses for dinner - gown, tiara, runners - and regales her fellow passengers with stories of a glamorous life travelling the world in luxury.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut now Henry is missing and it is up to Evelyn to find him. Donning her ‘Finding Henry’ shoes and armed with a pocket map, she embarks on an odyssey, searching every part of the grand ocean liner. Misadventures are had, new friends are made, scandalous behaviour noted - all news to Evelyn. If only she could remember the events of the night before as clearly as she can recall the first time she met Henry on a passage from England to Australia in 1953 and fell in love - and the long-ago painful events that left her all at sea.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Browse Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ 9780733645112 \/ Medium","offer_id":33171997327442,"sku":"NELL2","price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2696\/2492\/files\/F3F286B7-66D8-40C9-BCBA-00A486C01BFE.jpg?v=1781751593"},{"product_id":"great-escape-from-woodlands-nursing-home-nell-joanna2020-paperback","title":"Great escape from Woodlands nursing home. 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From the confines of ‘room with a view’ of the car park, she dreams of escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFellow ‘inmate’, the gregarious, would-be comedian Walter Clements also plans on returning home as soon as he is fit and able to take charge of his mobility scooter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Hattie and Walter officially meet at the Night Owls, a clandestine club run by Sister Bronwyn and her dog, Queenie they seem at odds.But when Sister Bronwyn is dismissed over her unconventional approach to aged care, they must join forces - and very slowly an unlikely, unexpected friendship begins to grow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Browse Books","offers":[{"title":"Large Paperback \/ 9780733642869","offer_id":40616198406226,"sku":"","price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2696\/2492\/files\/64CC7BB2-B5F0-4308-BA22-778E8C9529D4.jpg?v=1700471861"},{"product_id":"mrs-winterbottom-takes-a-gap-year-joanna-nell-2023","title":"Mrs Winterbottom takes a gap year. 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