What We Did On Our Holiday

Thirty-somethings Nick and Laura have been married for 10 years and things arent going well. She senses her biological clock ticking away and wants children while he doesnt. Not because he doesnt like children but because he feels a child would be just one responsibility too many.
Nicks problem is his parents. Hes devoted to them of course, but sometimes even he finds his patience wearing a little thin which in turn brings on the guilt. But they are rather a handful. Theyre conservative, highly eccentric and increasingly infirm. His Mums so enormously overweight that her hearts now a bit dicky and she is certainly no longer up to looking after Dad by herself. Hes got Parkinsons Disease - not the shaking kind, as Mums always reminding people - but hes unable to do even the simplest task himself and needs constant care and attention.
Nick knows the time has come to take the matter in hand but things need to be handled carefully. And so he and Laura take them to Malta for what they hope will be a happy final family holiday. Nick thinks his only problem is going to be avoiding Lauras amorous advances but this particular island turns out to be a sun-kissed cupboard with more than its fair share of skeletons...
Tackling a taboo subject with sensitivity, understanding, great affection and good humour, What We Did On Our Holiday is a remarkably uplifting, moving and reassuring novel about a time in our lives when it seems roles are reversed and we find ourselves looking after the very people wed always assumed would be there to look after us.