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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... felt , they all felt , they were trying harder than their parents had ever done to love well . And one of the side effects of this was that their children were incredibly quick to castigate any short- fall in the quality of attention ...
... felt , they all felt , they were trying harder than their parents had ever done to love well . And one of the side effects of this was that their children were incredibly quick to castigate any short- fall in the quality of attention ...
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... felt a shudder run through her . Stress ! She could handle it . She positively enjoyed jumping in its salty waves . The danger was , you got too good at it . You started to see time that was not paid time — chargeable hours— as dead ...
... felt a shudder run through her . Stress ! She could handle it . She positively enjoyed jumping in its salty waves . The danger was , you got too good at it . You started to see time that was not paid time — chargeable hours— as dead ...
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... felt he had achieved something . He had achieved something . He had conquered the island , he had patterned it with his foot- prints , he had written his name on the sandy floor of the her- mit's very cell with his big toe . Next week ...
... felt he had achieved something . He had achieved something . He had conquered the island , he had patterned it with his foot- prints , he had written his name on the sandy floor of the her- mit's very cell with his big toe . Next week ...
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