Around the Corner. Bernadette Smallwood

      

       Around the Corner

      Bernadette Smallwood

      First Published 2015 by Classic Author and Publishing Services Pty Ltd

      This edition published 2018 by Woodslane Press

      © 2015 Bernadette Smallwood

      All rights reserved. No part of this printed or video publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electrical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the publisher and copyright owner.

      Editor: Anne van Alkemade

      Illustrator: Chantel de Sousa, The Illustration Room

      Designer / typesetter: Working Type Studio Melbourne (www.workingtype.com.au)

      Digital Distribution: Ebook Alchemy

      eBook Conversion by Winking Billy

      National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry

      Creator: Smallwood, Bernadette, author.

      Title: Around the corner / Bernadette Smallwood ; Anne van Alkemade, editor.

      ISBN: 9780994275462 (eBook)

      Subjects: Older people—Care—Fiction. Old age homes—Fiction.

      Other Creators/Contributors: Alkemade, Anne van, editor.

      Dewey Number: A823.4

      Author’s note

      This fictional story tells a transitional tale of living in an aged care environment. Nancy, the star of the story, was a popular movie actress. With her memory fading and confusion setting in, Nancy is now living in shared accommodation. Her partner Neville visits every day and helps her to relive some of her favourite moments in film. To do this Neville has had the help of another aged care resident, Shirley. Today, Neville asks Shirley to take on a new role.

      Forgetting

      “Vague … spacey … no idea … a continual array of forgetfulness.” Nancy had heard it said over and over as she sat quietly in the blue cushioned chair.

      “There must be some reason for this occurring,” she thought to herself.

      Nancy shifted in her chair. She looked longingly out of the window. “What had occurred?” she questioned herself.

      Nancy closed her eyes and allowed herself to drift. From her chair she floated out the window into a sea of flowers … forget-me-nots.