Memory by Margaret Mahy
A powerful story which deals with the alarming subject of dementia with understanding and wry, gently humour.
Memory
Summary
A chance meeting between a 19-year-old runaway and an old lady ignored by society changes both their lives. Leaving his own problems behind, Jonny takes refuge with Sophie, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. But he discovers he has to assume responsibility for the old woman as well as himself.
Memory Summary
About Margaret Mahy
Margaret Mahy's many books - picture books, short stories, and fiction for teenagers as well as younger children - have been hugely successful all round the world and she is indisputably one of the most popular and successful twentieth-century children's authors. She has won the Carnegie Medal and many other awards, and has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. She lives in New Zealand.
Additional information
GOR004016990
9780460062695
0460062697
Memory by Margaret Mahy
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Hachette Children's Group
19870625
240
N/A
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