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 | Mr Henry Mulligan
This poignant and heart-warming novel tells the story of an old man who disapppears from a geriatric hospital. His wife, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, disappears with him.A newly qualified doctor has made friends with the couple and decides to try and find them.Mr Henry Mulligan is an extraordinarily moving novel and is based on a true story.(published in hardback. 120 pages)
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 | The Village Cricket Tour
Traditional village cricket has a special place in the hearts of all true cricket lovers. Freshly mown grass. The smell of linseed oil. Cucumber sandwiches and sponge cake. Blue skies. The click-click of studded boots on the well-worn pavilion steps. Once in a lifetime a book is written which truly captures not only the soul and spirit of the game but also the essential, though often accidental, comedy of amateur village cricket. Vernon Coleman's novel is just such a book. It tells the story of a team of amateur cricketers who spend two weeks of their summer holidays on tour in the West Country. It proves to be a most eventful fortnight full of mishaps and adventures as the team play their way around the coastline of Devon and Cornwall. (Published in hardback)
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 | Second Innings
Vernon Coleman has rightly been compared to some of England's best known and best loved humorists, and nowhere is his comedic touch more evident than in this joyful romp of a novel set in the idyllic surroundings of the English countryside.The characters leap from the page as they draw you in to this tale of a young man (Biffo Brimstone) who overcomes the adversity of modern day living by, quite simply, running away! He leaves an unrewarding job, a shrewish and demanding wife and a couple of surly children and decides to take the next train out of the miserable suburban estate which has been his home for the past few years of his mundane life.The train takes him to a part of the country he has never before visited, and the subsequent bus journey deposits him in the village of Fondling-under-Water. It is there that his new life begins. (Published in hardback)
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 | Mrs Caldicot's Knickerbocker Glory
The sequel to Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War. Thelma Caldicot is now running a rest home for a bunch of interesting and lively old people. But inevitably, things don't always go according to plan, and Thelma finds herself having to deal with an inebriated cook, a resident escapologist and whole host of other 'helpful' residents.This is an uplifting comedy about a group of old people who are overlooked, patronised and under-estimated overcome adversity. Written in Vernon Coleman;s usual style - full of colourful characters and anecdotes.
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 | Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War (FILM TIE-IN EDITION)
At last, after years of negotiations we are delighted to announce that the deal is done. Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War has been bought for the movies and is to be released as a feature film. Pauline Collins (of Shirley Valentine and Upstairs Downstairs fame) is in the lead role and the marvellous cast also includes John Alderton, Martin Jarvis, Terence Rigby and Tony Robinson. The director is Ian Sharp.This truly inspiring novel tells of an elderly woman's battles with the world. Mrs Caldicot's family try to force her into a nursing home, but she tires of being pushed around and decides to take matters into her own hands. Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War is frequently hilarious and often touching.
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 | Paris in My Springtime
SPECIAL OFFER PRICE £9.99 (Normal price £12.99)"A little while ago, while sorting through some boxes I found in the attic, I came across a diary I had kept during a stay in Paris in the last part of 1963 and the first months of 1964.In September of 1963 I had started medical school. But I'd been taken ill and had to temporarily abandon my studies. With the best part of a year to kill I was given two choices: I could either stay at home and get a temporary job driving a fish delivery van or I could go to Paris.After a great deal of thought (which took almost a second) I chose to go to Paris. And this is the story of what happened to me during that year.Or it it?Just how much of this story is true you will have to decide for yourself."Vernon Coleman(Published in hardback)
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