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Read this in my thirties, found it sad, even depressing to the point that I have avoided re-reading it as I have other Taylor's.
Now in my middle ixties found it very funny, quite delightful!
Mrs. Palfrey, a lonely widow, goes to finish her years in a residential hotel in London. Her married daughter in Scotland is uninterested, her grandson in London doesn't answer her invitations, but a young impecunious writer she meets by accident becomes a very dear, if unreliable friend.
Virtually every page took my breath away with its insight, wit and original observation. Taylor here was at the height of her unigue powers.
Now in my middle ixties found it very funny, quite delightful!
Mrs. Palfrey, a lonely widow, goes to finish her years in a residential hotel in London. Her married daughter in Scotland is uninterested, her grandson in London doesn't answer her invitations, but a young impecunious writer she meets by accident becomes a very dear, if unreliable friend.
Virtually every page took my breath away with its insight, wit and original observation. Taylor here was at the height of her unigue powers.
