The Gingerbread House
KATE BEAUFOY
Description
Nestled among cherry trees in a picturesque country garden, the Gingerbread House resembles an illustration from an old-world storybook. But beware! For in the fairy-tale, that's where the witch lives...
Away from the city, with no distractions, the Gingerbread House seems like the perfect place to start work on a novel. That's what former advertising copywriter Tess thinks when she goes there to live with Eleanor, her aged mother-in-law. But Eleanor is suffering from dementia, and caring for her proves tougher than Tess could ever have imagined: feeling increasingly isolated, her only comfort is wine o'clock and weekend visits from her husband. Meanwhile her teenage daughter Katia is helpless to intercede; in the end she can only watch as things fall apart and a tragedy even closer to home surfaces.
The Gingerbread House is a deeply moving novel: a compassionate and occasionally wickedly funny tale of a family's agonising struggle with dementia.
'Moving, honest, and darkly comic, The Gingerbread House confronts an issue that has been taboo for too long.'
– Marian Keyes
'Beautiful, heartbreaking, original, honest, unique.'
– Cecelia Ahern
'Gripping, heartbreaking, funny, surprising - The Gingerbread House is all of these, and a lot more.'
– Roddy Doyle
Product Details
Published: 2nd March 2017
Format: Paperback 198x129mm
Extent: 204 pages
ISBN: 9781785300868
Author
Kate Beaufoy has an MA in French and English literature from Trinity College Dublin. As Kate Thompson she has had a dozen novels published, including the Number One bestseller The Blue Hour, which was shortlisted for the RNA award. Kate has contributed to numerous publications and broadcast media in both Ireland and the UK. A former actress, she was the recipient of a Dublin Theatre Festival Best Actress Award. She lives some of the year in Dublin and some on the West coast of Ireland, and is happily married with one daughter. Kate is an advanced-level scuba diver, a wild swimmer, and the keeper of a bewitching Burmese cat.
Reviews
'Moving, honest, and darkly comic, The Gingerbread House confronts an issue that has been taboo for too long.'
– Marian Keyes
'Beautiful, heartbreaking, original, honest, unique.'
– Cecelia Ahern
'Gripping, heartbreaking, funny, surprising - The Gingerbread House is all of these, and a lot more.'
– Roddy Doyle
