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To honour a promise to her dying father, Jane takes her ageing
incontinent mother to Italy. What could possibly go wrong? Jane
Christmas had always had a difficult relationship with her mother,
but thought that a mother and daughter trip to Italy could be the
start of a whole new friendship. In this hilarious but poignant
memoir, she discovers that it will not be that easy. Describing her
mother as a cross between 'Queen Victoria and Hyacinth Bucket',
Jane struggles to build bridges to a woman she has always found a
puzzle, while also trying to cope with her mother's failing health
and physical needs.
To celebrate her 50th birthday and face the challenges of mid-life,
Jane Christmas joins 14 women to hike the Camino de Santiago de
Compostela. Despite a psychic's warning of catfights, death, and a
sexy, fair-haired man, Christmas soldiers on. After a week of
squabbles, the group splinters and the real adventure begins. In
vivid, witty style, she recounts her battles with loneliness,
hallucinations of being joined by Steve Martin, as well as
picturesque villages and even the fair-haired man. "What the
Psychic Told the Pilgrim" is one trip neither the author nor the
reader will forget.
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