Brondesbury Tapestry

Six women and one man gather in a community centre in North London for a life writing class run by Dorothy, their uniquely unqualified teacher. They have urgent stories to tell and, as they recount them, they discover they are connected in unexpected ways.

There is Iris, eighty years old but still with a taste for younger men; Pearl single-handedly bringing up her grandson, enigmatic hooded Kai; elusive Renee; Sabine whose happy Belgian childhood may not have been as happy as it sounds; mixed-up Esther; Edgar whose winning ways charm them all and of course there is Enid, the retired art teacher, who insists on telling her story in pictures not words.

Illustrated with sharp line drawings by illustrator Beatrice Baumgartner-Cohen, The Brondesbury Tapestry is a quirky, perceptive look at a group of people who feel the modern world has left them behind but who have decided that they will still have the last word.

Sase femei si un barbat se aduna intr-un centru comunitar din nordul Londrei pentru un curs de scriere de viata condus de Dorothy, profesorul lor necalificat. Au povesti urgente de povestit si, pe masura ce le povestesc, descopera ca sunt conectate in moduri neasteptate. Exista Iris, in varsta de optzeci de ani, dar care inca are un gust pentru barbatii mai tineri; Pearl isi creste singura nepotul, enigmatica Kai cu gluga; evaziv Renee; Sabine a carei fericita copilarie belgiana poate nu a fost atat de fericita pe cat pare; amestecata Esther; Edgar, ale carui modalitati de castig le incanta pe toate si, desigur, este Enid, profesoara de arta pensionara, care insista sa-si spuna povestea in imagini, nu in cuvinte. uita-te la un grup de oameni care simt ca lumea moderna i-a lasat in urma, dar care au decis ca vor avea totusi ultimul cuvant.