The birthday party

By Elvi Rhodes

Subjects: Older women, Memory in old age, Birthdays, Fiction, Intergenerational relations, Psychology

Description: Poppy is soon to be eighty and, to celebrate, the whole of her family is gathering. The trouble is, she doesn't feel old at all. As Poppy waits to welcome her family, she remembers her life, but not all of her memories are happy ones.