Getting a Life: StoriesKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 11. 6. 2002. - 208 страница Hilarious, dark, and thoroughly entertaining, Getting a Life proves Helen Simpson to be one of the finest observers of women on the edge. Set in and around contemporary London, these nine stories explore both the blisses and irritations of domestic life. An ambitious teenager vows never to settle for any of the adult lives she sees around her. Two old friends get tipsy at a small cafe and end up revealing more than they intended. In a boutique so exclusive that entrance requires a password, a frazzled careerwoman explores the anesthetizing effect of highly impractical clothing. And in the mesmerizing title story, a mother of three takes life one day at a time, while pushing the ominous question of whether she wants to firmly to one side. |
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... beside her and stared straight into a magnolia tree , the skin of its flowers ' stiff curves streaked with a sexual crimson . She was transported by the light and the trees , and just as her child self had once played the miniature ...
... beside her and stared straight into a magnolia tree , the skin of its flowers ' stiff curves streaked with a sexual crimson . She was transported by the light and the trees , and just as her child self had once played the miniature ...
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... anaconda you've got to wrestle with , " said Dorrie . She realized that this latest sequestration of her hours would send her beside herself . Loss of inner life , that's what it was ; lack of any purchase in the 59 Getting a Life.
... anaconda you've got to wrestle with , " said Dorrie . She realized that this latest sequestration of her hours would send her beside herself . Loss of inner life , that's what it was ; lack of any purchase in the 59 Getting a Life.
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... beside him started to cry into his burger , wail- ing and complaining that his teeth hurt . “ And don't think you're going to get round me like that , ” snarled the man . " I'm not your mother , remember ! " All over the place , if you ...
... beside him started to cry into his burger , wail- ing and complaining that his teeth hurt . “ And don't think you're going to get round me like that , ” snarled the man . " I'm not your mother , remember ! " All over the place , if you ...
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