Eating Peacocks

This poignant, funny novel explores the intricate influences of memory and experience, invention and deception. 'Delia's body lay flat as a piece of paper, blank, as if everything on it had scurried off over the side.' Delia Whittborne finds herself in a hospital bed but can't recall how she got there, or even who she is. As her memory slowly returns, she realises it's not just her recent past and love-life she needs to make sense of but also her early childhood on her grandparents' farm and the barn with the peacocks strutting around outside. As the fiesty but vulnerable Delia regains physical and psychological strength, Eating Peacocks becomes an assured and subtle exploration of male-female relationships and family life. Delia Whitborne Finds Herself In A Hospital Bed But Can't Recall How She Got There, Or Even Who She Is. As Her Memory Slowly Returns, She Realizes It's Not Just Her Recent Past And Love-life She Needs To Make Sense Of But Her Early Childhood On Her Grandparents' Farm And The Barn With The Peacocks Strutting Round Outside. This ... Novel Explores The Intricate Influences Of Memory And Experience, Invention Nand Deception, As The Feisty But Vulnerable Delia Regains Physical And Psychological Strength.. ...--back Cover. Barbara Else. A Novel. Delia finds herself in a hospital bed but can't recall how she got there, or who she is. Slowly her memory returns, and she realizes it's not just her recent past she needs to make sense of but her early childhood on her grandparents' farm and the barn with the peacocks strutting round outside. Delia wakes up in hospital to find herself paralysed and with no memory of what has happened. As she struggles back to health she has to come to terms not only with her immediate past but also with the impact of events in her early childhood.