The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home

by Joanna Nell (£18.99, HB, Hodder & Stoughton)

Solitary by nature, Hattie Bloom is a very reluctant resident at Woodlands nursing home. But things pick up after she is taken under the wing of the Night Owls, a twilight club. Joanna Nell is a doctor, specialising in care of the elderly, and her book is not just tender and funny – it also gives voices to people who find ‘elder care’ treats them like children.