December Flower

by Judy Allen

Etta’s husband George died, and if George could die anything could happen. Etta is overwhelmed with feelings of panic – unable to breathe, to think, to move. Wanting to run home, but there is no home any more, only a house. That’s when Etta decides to visit her last surviving relation, a woman she has never met. But Aunt M is bedridden and silent, cared for by a large, colourless housekeeper who treats the old woman as if she’s already dead. But Aunt M isn’t dead – and Etta is about to learn a new way to live.

176 pages, Library Binding

First published September 11, 2014

About the author

Judy Allen is an award-winning author whose novel Awaiting Developments was short-listed for the Whitbread Children's Novel Award.

Judy Allen, along with illustrator Tudor Humphries, created Kingfisher's award-winning Backyard Books series and many other successful books, including the Reading Rainbow selections Tiger and Seal.

Reviews

[Suzy Espersen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very moving story about the development of Ettas relationsship with her aunt M.