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I LOVE THIS BOOK Love it I love Nina Stibbe s writing It s funny and insightful and I will read every book she ever writes 9780241974926 I would expect nothing less from a Nina Stibbe novel. Paradise Lodge kindle unlimited This one is set around 15 year old Lizzie Vogel who gets a job as a nurse in a residential home so she can afford to buy beer shampoo as her mother is essentially broke. Paradise Lodge book It s funny and witty and you fall in love with Lizzie and her narrative Here s one extract to sum it up she Matron another character dabbed her hanky under her spectacles and the whole thing was too sad to watch A dalek would ve cried 9780241974926 Sweetly funny but a little too long 9780241974926 I don t usually read coming of age novels I am so glad I made an exception for this one It s the 70 s in Britain A girl from a rather chaotic family hey at least Mom is off drugs and alcohol takes a job so she can buy name brand shampoo and underpants with the days of the week printed on them The job is in a quirky nursing retirement home chaotic than her own family s The owner occasionally wanders about the place in the buff The morgue abuts the kitchen When the owner s wife leaves followed by than one of the actual nurses in the place it hits the skids Untrained unqualified staff provide what care they can They work from a place of love but sometimes that just isn t enough especially when the home is being run by someone not only unqualified but lacking that love Some meals consist only of pudding because the grocer isn t being paid and for some reason won t make deliveries There is a kidnapping There is a wedding Meanwhile the girl from the chaotic family is missing so much school it s questionable whether she ll get through at all There is teen age romance and angst There is adult romance with slightly less angst I won t even consider telling you how this comes to a conclusion because it s just too wonderful to spoil 9780241974926 Paradise Lodge is one of those books whose plot is hard to describe in a way that does it credit Essentially it is the story of Lizzie Vogel and her life at Paradise Lodge the eponymous residential home where Lizzie starts working But in reality it is about so much than that it is about Lizzie s future as she is kicked off the O Level course for taking too much time off school to work at Paradise Lodge her relationships with her friends her friend s boyfriend and her mildly dysfunctional family and the lives of the other staff and the residents at Paradise Lodge. Paradise Lodge booklet This is a charming humorous and character driven novel which will possibly make you cry probably make you laugh and certainly keep you engaged I would highly recommend it I also love the title 9780241974926 
This is the story of Lizzie Vogel a 15 year old girl who finds herself working in an old people s home in Leicestershire in the 1970s The place is in chaos and it s not really a suitable job for a schoolgirl she d only gone for the job because she wanted a new phase and it seemed too exhausting to commit to being a full time girlfriend or a punk Lizzie has some knowledge of old people they re not suited to granary bread and you mustn t compare them to toddlers but she doesn t know there s a right way to get someone out of the bath or what to do when someone dies. Book Paradise lodge cast When a rival old people s home with better parking and daily chairobics threatens to take all their patients Paradise Lodge s cast of staff and helpers from the assertively shy Nurse who only communicates through little grunts to the son of the Chinese takeaway manager who s renowned for his erotic handholding techniques have to come together to save the home before it s too late. Paradise Lodge bookworm From the bestselling author of Love Nina comes a story of being very young and very old and the laughter and the tears in between Paradise Lodge5 stars for sheer enjoyment This is a wonderful follow up to Stibbe s Man at the Helm The Paradise Lodge nursing home is the perfect setting for quirky characters and hysterical observations from 15 year old Lizzie in 1970 s Britain I love Lizzie s voice and laughed out loud multiple times throughout the book which I consider to be high praise pushing this from 4 to 5 stars If you ve enjoyed Stibbe s earlier books you ll love this one If you haven t read her yet and you like Adrian Mole style British humor then add this to your TBR 9780241974926 I reviewed this wonderful book for the Guardian 9780241974926 From BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime Leicestershire 1977. Paradise lodge arbaminch Craving independence frustrated with her dysfunctional family and fed up with not being able to afford branded shampoo 15 year old Lizzie Vogel takes a job at Paradise Lodge a nursing home for the elderly. Paradise lodge and bungalows lake louise She soon learns the ways of the comfort round and gets used to the scheming of her eccentric co workers but finds herself distracted by thoughts of erotic handholding with her friend Miranda s boyfriend Mike Yu. Kindle Paradise lodges holidays When a new old people s home threatens to poach all their patients Paradise Lodge must fight for survival And as Lizzie gets increasingly drawn in to keeping the crumbling home afloat her job threatens to impact her schoolwork and she must choose which path to take. PDF Paradise lodges holidays uk programmes b07q375d 9780241974926 This was a really enjoyable chicken soup for the soul read in which a fifteen year old girl discovered another side to life by working as an auxiliary nurse in an elderly care home Her main duty was to assist with the comfort rounds but she soon worked herself up to serve the tea as well Paradise Lodge was once a stately old British home but now battled to remain a respectable place for its inhabitants It was the 1970s and Lizzie wanted a way to earn her own money and buy the things her mother and her stepfather could not afford such as Linco beer shampoo and Maxwell House Coffee There was a new baby in the home and her mother the philosopher had to drive the laundry van Thus life became a little tricky It was sometimes necessary to skip school and she got demoted to the B group while she herself was actually regarded as an intellectual by so many Some quirky characters crossed her path in the old home and taught her some lessons she never expected The blurb says Through a cast of wonderful characters from the assertively shy Nurse who only communicates via little grunts to the very attractive son of the Chinese take away manager Paradise Lodge is the story of being very young and very old and the laughter and the tears in between. Paradise lodge and bungalows cabin map I really enjoyed this novel The author managed to portray Lizzie true to the character of a fifteen year old and how she resolved the challenges being flung at her from all over the place Her solutions were not always the correct ones but she learnt quickly how to adapt to the adult world waiting out there From matron secret s ambitions to her mother s aspirations for her daughter to the headmistress of her school s devious shenanigans her so called friend Miranda Longlady s callous intentions with her attractive Chinese boyfriend to Mr Simmons being constantly kidnapped her sister finding her way to a better education and Lady Briggs being kept isolated on the top floor life was neither cotton balled nor extremely brutal However anything in between was possible depending on what day it was and where Lizzie found herself In fact life was everything except sentimental Lizzie we went up to Lady Briggs room and I helped Lady Briggs on to the commode since we were up there and we whistled To Be A Pilgrim until our lips ached because Lady Briggs always said whistling hymns helped her go. 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