A Month of Sundays — Edward Phillips

At the age of seventy, Geoffry Chadwick's life is ready to begin again.
To commemorate his wife Elinor's death, seventy-year-old retiree Geoffry
Chadwick plans to hold a grand party in lieu of a memorial service. His decision
indirectly triggers a chain of surprising events: aman namedHarold visits
from Toronto, claiming to be his son from a youthful fling. Also visiting is his
childhood friend Larry, accompanied by a new lover, Desmond, who Geoffry
immediately takes a liking to.
As the day of the party approaches, events take a turn for the worse.
Geoffry's alcoholic elderly mother dies. Larry is ordered to abandon his
own alcoholism. Harold vanishes after borrowing a large sum of money to
pay off a gambling debt.
Thankfully, Geoffry is not left alone to cope. His overbearing sister begins
to mellow, and Desmond makes a surprise appearance at the party.
With a characteristic wisecrack always at the ready, Geoffry comes to terms
with his present situation and prepares to live out the rest of his life.
The latest in the award-winning Sunday series of novels by Edward O.
Phillips, A Month of Sundays is a wry and human take on coming to terms
with grief and old age.