Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont (2005) is a rom-com drama revolving around a woman who, after losing her husband, moves to London to live an independent life. The movie is based on a book of the same ...

The leisurely pace, Hallmark Channel plotting, and largely septuagenarian ensemble cast of Dan Ireland’s Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont seem tailor-made for the Paris Theatre, but this earnest, ...

Simple-minded but sweet, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont is an old-age tribute that doesn’t press as hard on your gag reflex as The World’s Fastest Indian. It’s a romantic fantasy for seniors in which ...

The novel, as a genre, favors the young over the old. This preference is long-standing. The form rose to prominence, in eighteenth-century Europe, because it registered the psychological disruptions ...

"Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont" offers a lesson to grandchildren everywhere — visit Grandma when she asks you to, lest she fall into the arms of another youngster. It could be your surrogate, instead ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Geoff Dyer MRS PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT By Elizabeth Taylor It’s possible to make a point by ...

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