Hazel Prior

How the Penguins Saved Veronica

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A curmudgeonly but charming old woman, her estranged grandson, and a colony of penguins proves it's never too late to be the person you want to be in this rich, heartwarming story from the acclaimed author of Ellie and the Harpmaker. Eighty-five-year-old Veronica McCreedy is estranged from her family and wants to find a worthwhile cause to leave her fortune to. When she sees a documentary about penguins being studied in Antarctica, she tells the scientists she's coming to visit-and won't take no for an answer. Shortly after arriving, she convinces the reluctant team to rescue an orphaned baby penguin. He becomes part of life at the base, and… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-984803-81-8
EAN: 9781984803818
Produktnummer: 32708691
Verlag: Berkley Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 368 S.
Masse: H20.8 cm x B14.2 cm x D2.7 cm 313 g
Gewicht: 313

Über den Autor

Hazel Prior has had short stories published in literary magazines and has won numerous writing competitions in the UK. She is a harpist who lives in Exmoor, England, and Ellie and the Harpmaker was her first novel.