Miss Webster and Cherif

This book by Patricia Duncker was a gift from The Poshi for my birthday. It’s a story of lonliness and friendship, of old age and youth.  I enjoyed it.

In many ways I thought it was a bit like Of Mice and Men – bear with me… it’s probably a long bow.

Here she is, this old woman, an ex-teacher pushed out of the school into retirement, alone. She breaks down and finds herself after a long recovery in Northern Africa where she is completely out of her comfort zone.

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What they give each other is the friendship of equals and it is not until the end of the book that they realise how important that friendship – much more than a landlady and lodger – is.

An interview with Patricia Duncker.