Three Things About Elsie has an unconventional narrator. Meet 84-year-old Florence Claybourne. She lives in a nursing home with her best friend Elsie. The novel opens with Florence lying on the floor. She’s fallen over and is waiting for someone … Continue reading Meditations on life and friendship: Three Things about Elsie by Joanna Cannon A book to read in one sitting. It will warm your soul and make you cry … Elsie, Jack and Flo will not leave your imagination for quite some time after reading the heart wrenching final pages.