Bother at the Barbican
When Bertha Harris''s husband dies she draws comfort from routine and expects the rest of her life to drift by in the same quiet, uneventful way. But she hasn''t reckoned on her nephews and niece, who are quick on the uptake that Bertha is that most desirable of relatives: a wealthy and childless widow.
It does not escape Bertha that the common thread in her young relatives'' lives is a lack of mo...
When Bertha Harris''s husband dies she draws comfort from routine and expects the rest of her life to drift by in the same quiet, uneventful way. But she hasn''t reckoned on her nephews and niece, who are quick on the uptake that Bertha is that most desirable of relatives: a wealthy and childless widow.
It does not escape Bertha that the common thread in her young relatives'' lives is a lack of mo...
