Getting a Life: StoriesKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 18. 12. 2007. - 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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... that ever-glowing fire of eagerness that had once constituted her chief charm. Now, often her face and body were all that was to be seen, and the soul was not visible at all. From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Constance ...
... that ever-glowing fire of eagerness that had once constituted her chief charm. Now, often her face and body were all that was to be seen, and the soul was not visible at all. From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Constance ...
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... that the earlier you hardened yourself off and bared your skin, the more lasting the eventual tan; and so she had that morning pulled on a brief white skirt and T-shirt. She was on her way to an interview for a holiday job at the garden ...
... that the earlier you hardened yourself off and bared your skin, the more lasting the eventual tan; and so she had that morning pulled on a brief white skirt and T-shirt. She was on her way to an interview for a holiday job at the garden ...
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... that was. Not really so very amazing, though; she'd forgotten to get petrol a couple of weeks ago, and the school ... that, but without the purple edging. She herself had been dragged up by a string of au pairs. Her mother hated it when ...
... that was. Not really so very amazing, though; she'd forgotten to get petrol a couple of weeks ago, and the school ... that, but without the purple edging. She herself had been dragged up by a string of au pairs. Her mother hated it when ...
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... that the odds against this happening are about fifty to one. Still they have decided to back that dark horse Intimacy, somewhere out there muffledly galloping. They order coffee, and toast for the boy, who seizes a teaspoon and starts ...
... that the odds against this happening are about fifty to one. Still they have decided to back that dark horse Intimacy, somewhere out there muffledly galloping. They order coffee, and toast for the boy, who seizes a teaspoon and starts ...
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... that resigned, I thought it wasn't fair on them. I was going into work for a rest. Ben!” “That's hard,” says Frances, watching as Sally straightens the boy in his chair and tries to engage him in coloring a picture of a rabbit in police ...
... that resigned, I thought it wasn't fair on them. I was going into work for a rest. Ben!” “That's hard,” says Frances, watching as Sally straightens the boy in his chair and tries to engage him in coloring a picture of a rabbit in police ...
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