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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... trying to be more tender with them — she and her contemporaries — to offer them choices rather than just tell them what to do ; to be more patient and to hug them when they cried , rather than briskly talk of being brave ; never to hit ...
... trying to be more tender with them — she and her contemporaries — to offer them choices rather than just tell them what to do ; to be more patient and to hug them when they cried , rather than briskly talk of being brave ; never to hit ...
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... trying to quiet her body's alarm system , the waves of miserable heat , the Klaxons of distress blaring in her bloodstream from Robin's screams . " You've got to go out sometimes , " said Max . " It's getting ridiculous . " " I'm sorry ...
... trying to quiet her body's alarm system , the waves of miserable heat , the Klaxons of distress blaring in her bloodstream from Robin's screams . " You've got to go out sometimes , " said Max . " It's getting ridiculous . " " I'm sorry ...
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... a good deal . Her eyes looked skew - whiff , as though they were trying to regroup on the same side of her nose , like a flounder . She was challenging Lois's memory as to the origins of English carols , which 144 Getting a Life.
... a good deal . Her eyes looked skew - whiff , as though they were trying to regroup on the same side of her nose , like a flounder . She was challenging Lois's memory as to the origins of English carols , which 144 Getting a Life.
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