Publisher's Synopsis
Set in a nursing home, this is a practical look at the subject of growing old and the not-so-attractive consequences.
Mavis is a lonely soul who finds solidarity in comforting her husband, Alfred. She fills the boredom of her days by reading and engaging in one-sided arguments with an inert Alfred. When the ambulance officers arrive to take Alfred away, we discover the reason for Alfred's inertia and witness Mavis's frustration and helplessness.