y separately published work icon Elopement : A Memoir single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Elopement : A Memoir
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'From the opening words of Elopement, when Maureen Helen sees her friend John’s much loved old yacht rocking gently on the tide, we know she is in for a life-changing adventure. Maureen, nearing seventy, tells John she hopes she can still take on challenges when she is eighty, and he replies, ‘What will stop us?’

'Their decision to elope to avoid the complications of a family wedding is a defiant act that symbolizes the risk and spirit of adventure that make this story sing. Troubles arise — different ideas of how to share a life in a house that is haunted by painful memories, family troubles, giving up hard-won independence, illness, depression. But love survives. This moving, funny, honest story will surprise and delight you. It fills a gap in our literature in its celebration of the joys, tribulations and transformations that late love can bring.' (Publication summary)

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    • Rivervale, Belmont area, South & South East Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Stone's Publishing , 2015 .
      Extent: 270p.
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      • Published November 1st 2015
      ISBN: 9781875801718
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