The Debutante and Other Stories von Carrington, Leonora

Ninety-two-year-old Marian Leatherby is given the gift of a hearing trumpet only to discover that family is saying that she is to be committed to an institution. But this is an institution where the buildings are shaped like birthday...

In English for the first time, a wild and darkly funny book that combines Surrealist painter Leonora Carringon's fantastical writing and illustrations for children The maverick surrealist Leonora Carrington was an extraordinary painter...

The Hearing Trumpet is the story of 92-year-old Marian Leatherby, who is given the gift of a hearing trumpet only to discover that what her family is saying is that she is to be committed to an institution. But this is an institution...