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muddypuddle's review
5.0
Oh, aging. Getting old. Having to leave your home and belongings to move into a facility scare the you-know-what out of most people as they age. That's what happens to little girl's Oma in this book. Her vibrant grandmother (ah, the clothes and hats that she wears!) moves to a facility where she has her own room and there are lots of things to do, but she considers the other residents "nincompoops"...and she can't cook her much-loved strudel. She's homesick and quite unhappy. That is, until her granddaughter and daughter take bits and pieces of her stored belongings and make a quilt. Of course as time has gone by, Oma has adapted to her new surroundings, but the quilt helps hugely! What a lovely, thoughtful book. The pictures give you a real sense of the grandmother, full of color and life.
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