Looking For Eliza

Author: Leaf Arbuthnot

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  • : $29.99 AUD
  • : 9781409185802
  • : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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  • : May 2020
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  • : English
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Barcode 9781409185802
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Description

A widow puts up adverts to 'Rent a Granny' in an attempt to reconnect with people... it's not until she finds Eliza, a student recently free of an abusive relationship, that she truly starts to feel less alone.
Ada is a widowed writer, navigating loneliness in Oxford after the death of her husband. She has no children. No grandchildren. She fears she is becoming peripheral, another invisible woman.
Eliza is a student at the university. She finds it difficult to form meaningful relationships after the estrangement of her mother and breakup with her girlfriend.
Can they find what they are looking for in each other, and cast off their isolation for good? 'A love story of intergenerational friendship that is perfect for these divisive times. Leaf's writing is warm and lyrically funny - she has an eye for details both sublime and ridiculous. Looking for Eliza is an intelligent and big-hearted read with the human condition at its core.' - Harriet Walker, author of The New Girl
An exquisite story of connection and loss, and how a person can change another person's life. Full of heartache yet joyful and life-affirming, this is for readers who enjoyed Elizabeth is Missing, Tin Man and Expectation.