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Title: Paradise Lodge
Author: Nina Stibbe
Narrator: Helen Baxendale
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-12-16
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 23 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
A delightful story of growing up, getting old, and every step in between, from the acclaimed author of Man at the Helm and Love, Nina.
After succeeding in her quest to help her unconventional mother find a new "man at the helm", 15-year-old Lizzie Vogel simply wants to be a normal teenager. Just when it looks as if things have settled down, her mother goes and has another baby. On top of that, Lizzie's best friend has deserted her for the punk craze, which Lizzie finds too exhausting to commit to herself.
But Lizzie soon gets more commitment than she bargained for when she takes a job as a junior nurse at Paradise Lodge, a ramshackle refuge for the elderly that has seen better days. It's no place for a teenager, much less one with as little experience emptying a bedpan as Lizzie. What begins as a way to avoid school and earn some spending money (for the finer things in life, like real coffee and beer shampoo) quickly turns into the education of a lifetime. Lizzie encounters a colorful cast of eccentric characters - including a nurse determined to turn one of the patients into a husband (and a retirement plan); an efficient but clueless nun trying to modernize the place; and Lizzie's unlikely first love - who become her surrogate family.
When Paradise Lodge faces a crisis in the form of a rival nursing home with enough amenities to make even the comatose jealous, Lizzie must find a way to save her job before she loses the only place she's ever felt she belongs.
A hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age tale, Paradise Lodge proves that it's never too early - or too late - to grow up.
Critic Reviews:
"[Narrator Helen] Baxendale expertly recounts the humorous narratives as well as the voices of the diverse elderly residents and nurses.... This perfectly narrated sequel to Man at the Helm can stand on its own." (AudioFile)
Members Reviews:
In the spirit of Ove & Harold Frye
This book is very much in the vein of "A Man Called Ove." Features a cast of characters with various flaws and fears, all joined together by a troubled teen Who is wiser than she knows.
Charming.
Love the voice
The authors writing was so good but the voice just really made the story come alive. This overall story wasn't my all time favorite but with the voice work and the great writing skills of the author it was so fun to listen to. Very witty.
fun
fun little book...weird characters, some lines that made me smile. great four anglophiles. very british humour.
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Title: Paradise Lodge
Author: Nina Stibbe
Narrator: Helen Baxendale
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-12-16
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 23 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
A delightful story of growing up, getting old, and every step in between, from the acclaimed author of Man at the Helm and Love, Nina.
After succeeding in her quest to help her unconventional mother find a new "man at the helm", 15-year-old Lizzie Vogel simply wants to be a normal teenager. Just when it looks as if things have settled down, her mother goes and has another baby. On top of that, Lizzie's best friend has deserted her for the punk craze, which Lizzie finds too exhausting to commit to herself.
But Lizzie soon gets more commitment than she bargained for when she takes a job as a junior nurse at Paradise Lodge, a ramshackle refuge for the elderly that has seen better days. It's no place for a teenager, much less one with as little experience emptying a bedpan as Lizzie. What begins as a way to avoid school and earn some spending money (for the finer things in life, like real coffee and beer shampoo) quickly turns into the education of a lifetime. Lizzie encounters a colorful cast of eccentric characters - including a nurse determined to turn one of the patients into a husband (and a retirement plan); an efficient but clueless nun trying to modernize the place; and Lizzie's unlikely first love - who become her surrogate family.
When Paradise Lodge faces a crisis in the form of a rival nursing home with enough amenities to make even the comatose jealous, Lizzie must find a way to save her job before she loses the only place she's ever felt she belongs.
A hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age tale, Paradise Lodge proves that it's never too early - or too late - to grow up.
Critic Reviews:
"[Narrator Helen] Baxendale expertly recounts the humorous narratives as well as the voices of the diverse elderly residents and nurses.... This perfectly narrated sequel to Man at the Helm can stand on its own." (AudioFile)
Members Reviews:
In the spirit of Ove & Harold Frye
This book is very much in the vein of "A Man Called Ove." Features a cast of characters with various flaws and fears, all joined together by a troubled teen Who is wiser than she knows.
Charming.
Love the voice
The authors writing was so good but the voice just really made the story come alive. This overall story wasn't my all time favorite but with the voice work and the great writing skills of the author it was so fun to listen to. Very witty.
fun
fun little book...weird characters, some lines that made me smile. great four anglophiles. very british humour.