Bazaar & Rummage

By Sue Townsend.

Gwenda leads a self-help group of agoraphobics who have been unable to leave their homes for a variety of reasons. An ex-agoraphobic herself, Gwenda decides that the perfect way to help them overcome their fears is to get them involved in staging a bazaar and rummage sale at their local church hall. With the help of trainee social worker Fliss, they tackle the first major obstacle - getting there - only to be faced later on with the horrifying prospect of having to make their way back home

A funny and touching story about five very different women drawn together by the one thing they have in common. As they sort through the piles of jumble, we sense the strangeness of their self-imposed isolation and begin to understand something of the situations and circumstances that have led each of them withdraw from normal life.