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This is the story of Lizzie Vogel- a 15 year old girl who finds herself working in an old peoples home in Leicestershire in the 1970s. The place is in chaos and its not really a suitable job for a schoolgirl: shed only gone for the job because she wanted a new phase and it seemed too exhausting to commit to being a full-time girlfriend or a punk. Lizzie has some knowledge of old people (theyre not suited to granary bread- and you mustnt compare them to toddlers) but she doesnt know theres a right way to get someone out of the bath- or what to do when someone dies. When a rival old peoples home with better parking and daily chairobics threatens to take all their patients- Paradise Lodges cast of staff and helpers- from the assertively shy Nurse who only communicates through little grunts to the son of the Chinese takeaway manager whos renowned for his erotic handholding techniques- have to come together to save the home before its too late. From the bestselling author of Love- Nina comes a story of being very young- and very old- and the laughter- and the tears- in between....