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Woodend Library: The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston
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Woodend Library: The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston


Time & date

10:30am - 11:30am, 24th July 2024


Location

Woodend Community Centre View map

Cnr Forest & High Sts, Woodend, VIC 3442


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Anna's debut novel is both funny and charming, bound to melt even the hardest of hearts. Starring an elderly man, exceptionally kind but lonely and facing homelessness, who gets the odd opportunity to take the place of cranky old Bernard at Wattle River Nursing Home. A feel good and lighthearted story sharing insights into the poignant issues of grief, ageing and finding family. Anna is well versed with aged care, having given up an imminent career in medicine to work in her grandfather's nursing home so she could be close to him. Morning tea included. Book sales and signings.

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The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife is a warm, life-affirming debut about a bizarre case of mistaken identity that allows a lonely old man one last chance to be part of a family.
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