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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... noticed the host of tired daffodils at its feet . Shades of the prison - house begin to close Upon the growing boy , But he beholds the light , and whence it flows , He sees it in his joy . She looked back down her years at school , the ...
... noticed the host of tired daffodils at its feet . Shades of the prison - house begin to close Upon the growing boy , But he beholds the light , and whence it flows , He sees it in his joy . She looked back down her years at school , the ...
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... noticed how this always happened with Holly now after the first few drinks . She lost her honesty . She would look at the complicated and painful equation she and Dave had had to draw up in order to be together , then she would have ...
... noticed how this always happened with Holly now after the first few drinks . She lost her honesty . She would look at the complicated and painful equation she and Dave had had to draw up in order to be together , then she would have ...
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... noticed what no man would ever notice . At this point , Keith Mannion and Graham Groton were drawn away by another Iddon Featherstone partner to meet the grauen eminenz from Marbeiter Rotenhart , who was over in London on a rare ...
... noticed what no man would ever notice . At this point , Keith Mannion and Graham Groton were drawn away by another Iddon Featherstone partner to meet the grauen eminenz from Marbeiter Rotenhart , who was over in London on a rare ...
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