Algernon is a 97 year old widower
living in Essex. His life is routine based, punctuated by the carriage clock
which he got as a retirement present from his office job. However, his 15 year
old granddaughter Anna lives in an offbeat world where colour and body art are
her main survival aids. Anna and Algernon have never met, but soon their very different
lives will collide.
When Anna’s Mum Helene splits up with her partner Harry, they find themselves homeless and having nowhere to live, they relocate to Essex to stay in Algernon’s small home while they get their lives back on track. Anna “the child” is told to sleep in “the shed” but this turns out to be a sanctuary and not the dog kennel that she originally thought it would be.
This heart-warming story is told
through three generations of one family, granddad Algernon, daughter Helene and
granddaughter Anna and the journey they all go on to get to know each other and
to try and face the demons that their past threw at them.
It will have you laughing and
crying in equal measure – a really lovely story.
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