
When Lemons Give You Life
$29.64
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
28 April 2026
Summary
An enchanting, heart-stirring novel about rediscovering joy when life has lost its flavour, from the author of the bestselling The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife.
Redemption is a dish best served warm …
Retired Michelin-star chef Griff Barlow has lost his appetite. He’s done with grief, guilt and the beige slop they dare call food at Sunny Glen Aged Care Facility, where he now resides.
Life’s given him all the lemons he can handle - so he breaks into the nursing home …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761347689 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761347683 |
| Author: | Anna Johnston |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 28 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 535g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 154mm x 31mm |
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About The Author
Anna Johnston
Anna Johnston is a former baby, aspiring octogenarian and emerging Australian author with a love for the heartfelt and hilarious. She grew up in country Victoria before moving to Melbourne where she lives joyously with her husband and daughters by the beach. Anna left an imminent career in medicine to follow her heart into her grandfather’s nursing home where she became the social support coordinator, taking great delight in shaking up the usual program. When injury left her unable to continue working in aged care, she began to write about it, channelling her love for older people onto the page. Her first novel, The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife, has recently been optioned by Netflix.
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