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|title=A is for Angelica

|author=Iain Broome

|borrow=Yes

|isbn=978-1908775986

|pages=256

|publisher=Legend Press

|date=September 2012

|website=http://iainbroome.com

|video=y5Djl6Dbt-k

|summary=This is a touching, funny, original novel that'll cause you to ricochet between unbridled glee and sadness. Indeed, you'll laugh till your heart breaks.

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Gordon and Georgina Kingdom spent years being like many other couples. They had jobs, friends, holidays, a springer spaniel named Kipling and a life together. Then Georgina became ill and Gordon took early retirement to nurse her better. He treats retirement with the same methodical efficiency he employed at work. He records Georgina's care, her progress and shares her waking moments, feeding her and sitting with her. However, as she spends a lot of time asleep, Gordon is left to entertain himself and so, the same man who led the local Neighbourhood Watch, watches his neighbours, noting points of interest and visible activities in alphabetically filed dossiers. They're all there: Don across the road who borrows garden tools on a more permanent basis than Gordon would like, art award winner young Benny who paints with his eyes shut, the lady next door who throws footballs over the fence and the new woman across the road, Angelica. Except, when Angelica moves into the street, Gordon's interest becomes more focused than usual.

If you've enjoyed this and have enough tissues left, then perhaps you'd like to make the acquaintance of [[The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce|Harold]] and [[Albert of Adelaide by Howard L Anderson|Albert]] too.

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