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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... things again , thought Dorrie ; give me an inch and I'd run a mile , that's what I'm afraid of . Indoors , she peeled ... thing about small children was that they needed things all day long . They wanted games set up and tears wiped away ...
... things again , thought Dorrie ; give me an inch and I'd run a mile , that's what I'm afraid of . Indoors , she peeled ... thing about small children was that they needed things all day long . They wanted games set up and tears wiped away ...
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... thing with perfect clarity , but nobody will listen to her . The men are talking about whether the new century really only starts on the first of January 2001 , as the spoilsport Swiss claim , and are speculating about how many workdays ...
... thing with perfect clarity , but nobody will listen to her . The men are talking about whether the new century really only starts on the first of January 2001 , as the spoilsport Swiss claim , and are speculating about how many workdays ...
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... thing , thought Lois , looking out the window at south London's back gardens , the important thing as middle age came and sat down on you with its enormous bum , the vital thing surely was , not to grow too careful of yourself . She ...
... thing , thought Lois , looking out the window at south London's back gardens , the important thing as middle age came and sat down on you with its enormous bum , the vital thing surely was , not to grow too careful of yourself . She ...
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