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Veronica McCreedy, a resident of Scotland, ends up in Antarctica against the advice of scientists who warned her against it. somewhere in the hauntingly spooky and hilariously freaky mix and, of course, solving a great mystery which in the case of 1999’s Scooby-Doo!

Away with the Penguins: The heartwarming and uplifting

Perhaps the romantics among us would see the latter explanation as disappointing but I choose to see both as romantic. Hazel Prior has a knack for spinning heartwarming, charming stories and How the Penguins Saved Veronica is another example. A mid-octogenarian living on her own in a ramshackle twelve bedroomed house in Scotland; she is difficult, uptight, showing signs of short-term memory loss and doesn’t suffer fools gladly.

Alone in the world after the death of her husband many years earlier and with no family to speak of and with only her assistant Eileen for company, Veronica is a woman who has fallen into some rather pronounced life habits than she is loathe to break. When she sees a documentary about penguins being studied in Antarctica, she tells the scientists she’s coming to visit, and won’t take no for an answer.

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After all, Veronica is almost eighty-six, and has to consider the dispersion of her considerable wealth after she departs this life.We laughed as they walked, flapping their flightless wings as they went, but marvelled at the speed of those within the water, pointing and gasping as we watched them jump above the surface over and over again before landing on the beach and waddling to shore. While watching a nature program one evening, she stumbles across a documentary series focusing on penguins, and is instantly smitten. Away with the Penguins: The Podcast (2021) – An audio drama podcast adaptation of the novel, created and produced by Jonathan Beales for BBC Radio 4 Extra. Eileen the lady who comes daily to take care of her has her work cut out because Veronica is not a people person. courtesy IMP Awards) Creative inspiration can come from all kinds of strange, beautiful and unexpected places – a waterfall at sunset, a colourfully-dressed woman on a train at peak hour or a snippet of history, long forgotten but dredged up to fill a social media post with a fascinating factoid.