Claire Baldry Boeken

This collection of twenty-two beautifully illustrated poems provides an acutely observed, satirical view of modern life.

Sixty-one year old Louise finally learns she is adopted after the death of her mother. She embarks on a quest to reveal the secrets of her past, helped by new companion and lover, Simon, whom she meets after joining an Internet dating site.

When 'bride to be' and single parent, Charlotte, discovers that her 61-year- old widowed mother is in a new relationship, she struggles to come to terms with it. Why do you need to have a man, at your age? Charlotte asks, Can't you just be a grandma?