Kate Atkinson Quote
Diamond Jubilee with him for extra contrition. Her father was clearly exhausted, sleeping almost all the time now, like an aged dog. Why didn’t he just go? Was he hanging on for a hundred? Two more years of this? It was mere existence—an amoeba had more life. The triumph of the human spirit, the new nursing sister said, new enough to talk about positive outcomes and enhancement programmes—emollient management-speak, meaningless to most of the residents of Poplar Hill, who were either dying or demented or both. It was called a care home but there was precious little of either to be had when you were run by a profit-based health-care provider employing
Diamond Jubilee with him for extra contrition. Her father was clearly exhausted, sleeping almost all the time now, like an aged dog. Why didn’t he just go? Was he hanging on for a hundred? Two more years of this? It was mere existence—an amoeba had more life. The triumph of the human spirit, the new nursing sister said, new enough to talk about positive outcomes and enhancement programmes—emollient management-speak, meaningless to most of the residents of Poplar Hill, who were either dying or demented or both. It was called a care home but there was precious little of either to be had when you were run by a profit-based health-care provider employing
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Kate Atkinson (actress) (born 1972), Australian actress
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