"[A] social comedy with some brilliant people observations about
ageing and a devilish plot twist" from the author of The Best Exotic
Marigold Hotel (The Times, London).
After their elderly father's fall, Phoebe and her brother, Robert,
couldn't be happier with his new caregiver, Mandy. She came to them with
great recommendations and has given the brilliant, yet lonely, widower a
new lease on life--though he is gossiping about the locals' love affairs
instead of debating science and politics.
But Phoebe and Robert soon become suspicious of Mandy--her rummaging
about in their father's papers, her strange inheritance from a former
client, her habit of speaking her mind no matter the consequences. Then
Robert discovers that their father has changed his will. Suddenly Mandy
seems more devil than angel . . .
For the first time in years, Phoebe and Robert are bonding over
something--even if it is their mutual distrust of Mandy. And what
happens next will make the siblings question everything they thought
they knew about their parents--and themselves.
"Moggach addresses an all too common nightmare with ruthless honesty and
sublime wit--The Carer is one of the funniest novels I have read for
ages." --The Times (London)
"Unputdownable, fun and tender with characters that jump off the page.
Perfection." --Marian Keyes, international-bestselling author of Again,
Rachel
"Joyous . . . a sustained satire on smug middle-class mores." --Daily
Mail
"The most endearing of humorists, Deborah Moggach casts a penetrating
eye on our foibles and fantasies. Neither ageing, nor death--as The
Carer so beautifully demonstrates--can resist her comic scrutiny."
--Lisa Appignanesi, award-winning author of Mad, Bad, and Sad
