The Granny Project

Natasha is prepared to get rid of her mother-in-law tomorrow. Henry will see his mother go to keep his wife happy. The children, however, feel rather differently; they plan to save Gran from the home and educate their parents about true social concern. They come to realise the real pressures of having a senile, incontinent adult in the house and the genuine dichotomy with which their parents are confronted. There is much humour, eccentricity and pathos. It is however a difficult book to 'get in to' and it was only after several chapters that I felt that I was one with the family's problems. Twelve-year-old testers felt the same. A pity for there is much to be gained by reaching the end.