Apley is a tiny hamlet on a back road near Kingthorpe, south of Wragby, Lincolnshire. It has a quaint church, St Andrews. Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England, traditionally the second largest after Yorkshire. ...
The Late George Apley By John P. Marquand Back Bay, 368 pp., paperback, $14.95 George Apley, we are told, was born on the steeper part of Mount Vernon Street in 1866 and died a short distance away, on the water side of Beacon Street, in 1933.
George Apley, we are told, was born on the steeper part of Mount Vernon Street in 1866 and died a short distance away, on the water side of Beacon Street, in 1933.
The narrator, a distinguished writer and friend of Apley's, is asked by Apley's son after his father's death to re-create the true life of the father beyond the air-brushed funeral homilies.
Apley, chief union steward for Service Employees International Union Local 79, which includes restorative aides, maintenance, dietary, housekeeping and laundry workers, said the main issue of contention for members is the level of Blue Cross/Blue Shield medical insurance coverage paid by the facility.
Apley said facility employees work hard and are concerned about the residents, so paying for medical insurance shouldn't be such a burden for them.
Apley said the facility contracts for some services, including pharmacy, dietary management and physical therapy, and if those were cut, there would be more money for medical insurance.
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