How Many Camels Are There in Holland?: Dementia, Ma and Me
Written by Phyllida Law
Narrated by Phyllida Law
3/5
()
About this audiobook
The charming, funny successor to the hugely popular ‘Notes to my Mother-in-Law’, from the inimitable Phyllida Law.
Following Phyllida Law’s wonderful and acclaimed ‘Notes to my Mother-in-Law’ – which comically and tenderly documented the author’s relationship with her husband’s mother who lived with the family for 17 years – we now have a chronicle of Phyllida’s relationship with her own mother who suffered from dementia. Recently widowed, bringing up her own two daughters (actresses Emma and Sophie Thompson) and working as a successful actress herself, Phyllida went up and down to Scotland to spend as much time with her ailing mother as she could manage. During the period she kept a lively and frank journal noting many of the sad yet funny examples of her mother’s faltering grip on reality. The journal includes reminiscences of her own childhood and the tragic death of her only brother.
This book promises to be just as warm and moving as her first and will also be beautifully enhanced by the author’s illustrations.
Phyllida Law
Phyllida Law has appeared in numerous plays, television series and films, including Peter's Friends, Much Ado about Nothing, Foyle's War and Kingdom. She was married to Eric Thompson, the writer and narrator of the English version of The Magic Roundabout, until his death in 1982. She has two daughters, Emma and Sophie.
Related to How Many Camels Are There in Holland?
Related audiobooks
In Between the Magic: My Life from the Playboy Club to Beirut and Beyond Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Prussian Captain Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSet the Boy Free: The Autobiography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Marguerite Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTales of a Tiller Girl Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ambassador of Nowhere Texas Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Summer of the Great-Grandmother Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Curse of Arundel Hall Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kitchen Privileges: Memoirs of a Bronx Girlhood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sister Golden Hair Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Miss Aluminum: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Every Little Scrap and Wonder: A Small-Town Childhood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Single Mums Move On Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Convent: The Shocking True Story of Surviving and Evil Nun's Care Home From Hell Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Viola in the Spotlight: A Viola Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShanghaied: based on a true story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Treacherous Tale Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bones to Ashes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Monster Mission Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bloomability Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Byfleet To The Bush Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAround the World with Auntie Mame Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Big Summer: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Strength Within Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsForgiveness Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Chosen: A Memoir of Stolen Boyhood Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Short History of Women Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Personal Memoirs For You
Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Stolen Life: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sociopath: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Woman in Me Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Finding Me: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I'm Glad My Mom Died Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love, Pamela: A Memoir of Prose, Poetry, and Truth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Night: New translation by Marion Wiesel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Enough Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5While Time Remains: A North Korean Girl's Search for Freedom in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Making It So: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Stay Married Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Counting the Cost Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Girls Don't Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Roxane Gay & Everand Originals Presents: Good Girl: Notes on Dog Rescue Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pageboy: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Roxane Gay & Everand Originals: Built for This: The Quiet Strength of Powerlifting Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Glass Castle: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love, Lucy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Writing into the Wound: Understanding trauma, truth, and language Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Year of Magical Thinking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for How Many Camels Are There in Holland?
6 ratings1 review
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Several years ago, I greatly enjoyed Law’s Notes to My Mother-in-Law. A sweet & short memoir of sorts, written in the titular notes by the author to her mother-in-law, who was hard of hearing and yet wanted the day’s news and arrangements, it was a short and charming read. Both women sounded like people I’d like to know, and Phyllida’s respect and affection for her mother-in-law were evident.In How Many Camels Law recounts the final months of caring for her mother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s, in the tiny Scottish village of Ardentinny – with the help of friends, local villagers, and her two daughters, actresses Emma and Sophie Thompson. Amazon says that running through the account are “anecdotes, memories and legends that form the fabric of every family.”Unfortunately when I tried to read it a couple of years ago, I got no further than the first chapter and just couldn’t make sense of it. That probably says more about my state of mind at the time than it does about the book.