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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... realize — it's a shock — you realize nothing else is supposed to happen until you die . Or you spoil the pattern . " The nursery school doors opened at last . Dorrie held her arms out and Maxine ran into them . Maxine had woken ...
... realize — it's a shock — you realize nothing else is supposed to happen until you die . Or you spoil the pattern . " The nursery school doors opened at last . Dorrie held her arms out and Maxine ran into them . Maxine had woken ...
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... of 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.
... of 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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... realized that they had not been out on their own together that year . The music of Elysium came creeping in through her ears , slow , sublime , holding and catching her breath until she sighed deeply and shifted in her seat . He had no ...
... realized that they had not been out on their own together that year . The music of Elysium came creeping in through her ears , slow , sublime , holding and catching her breath until she sighed deeply and shifted in her seat . He had no ...
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