Cirrus@Austlit

'A love story with the lights left on, The Egg Collector is the most unlikely forty-year courtship you'll discover this year. After spending most of his adult life avoiding responsibility, Myles Copley returns home to find his father being fitted for a straightjacket, and his childhood sweetheart available, if not exactly waiting patiently for his return. It's a perfect opportunity for the errant son to reconnect with his maligned father and the grown man to make amends for the sins of his youth. This is a life-affirming tale of sex, lies and dementia, of monster rats and wild birds' eggs, and of accidental redemption for two stubborn souls hell bent on staying single.' (Source: Author's blurb)