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When Alfred Britwhistle retires, he and his wife Myrtle shift to a small rural town. They hope the change will enable them to live a slower lifestyle and encourage their grandchildren to see them more often. While their first dream is realized, ten years later they are no closer to seeing their grandchildren. Nobody would guess as they go about their everyday life, cooking on a woodstove and making soap, that they carry this secret sadness.Despite many lonely Christmases, Alfred and Myrtle continue to hope that one day things will be different.As they wait, fun loving Alfred plays pranks on…mehr

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When Alfred Britwhistle retires, he and his wife Myrtle shift to a small rural town. They hope the change will enable them to live a slower lifestyle and encourage their grandchildren to see them more often. While their first dream is realized, ten years later they are no closer to seeing their grandchildren. Nobody would guess as they go about their everyday life, cooking on a woodstove and making soap, that they carry this secret sadness.Despite many lonely Christmases, Alfred and Myrtle continue to hope that one day things will be different.As they wait, fun loving Alfred plays pranks on his nosey neighbour Nelly, much to his wife's disapproval. It is not until Myrtle makes a prize-winning bear and new people shift into to area that things change for the better. Not in the way the Britwhistles hoped but in a way that brings joy to themselves and happiness to another lonely family.A touching humorous story, set in New South Wales Australia. Suitable for primary age readers or to be read aloud to children.
Autorenporträt
Wendy Hamilton is an author with extensive experience in home-schooling. For over twenty years she home-schooled in New Zealand, Australia, and for a short while the U.S.A. During this time, she successfully educated her four children from kindergarten through to college. Wendy writes on a broad range of topics. Among her books are: Eating a Light Bulb Does Not Make You Bright. (Light on Home-schooling) and I Told You Not to Climb the Cactus. (Surviving the Badlands of Motherhood.) In these two books, Wendy addresses common issues related to home-schooling and motherhood by sharing hilarious stories and insights she gained while raising her children.