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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... half the child care and half the housework. At least. She believed in justice, unlike this useless great lump. “Why don't you ring Casualty?” she suggested. “See what the queues are like?” “I did that before,” said the woman dully ...
... half the child care and half the housework. At least. She believed in justice, unlike this useless great lump. “Why don't you ring Casualty?” she suggested. “See what the queues are like?” “I did that before,” said the woman dully ...
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... half is not good, not even ultimately. I agree with all the reasons. “I'm sorry, they've got to realize that you are a person in your own right and have work to do.” I couldn't agree more. “Women have always worked, except for that ...
... half is not good, not even ultimately. I agree with all the reasons. “I'm sorry, they've got to realize that you are a person in your own right and have work to do.” I couldn't agree more. “Women have always worked, except for that ...
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... half a dozen nannies and childminders in his time, and waved them good-bye with equal cheeriness. Gemma, however, was born more anxious, less spirited. She cries easily and when her mother used to leave the house for work would abandon ...
... half a dozen nannies and childminders in his time, and waved them good-bye with equal cheeriness. Gemma, however, was born more anxious, less spirited. She cries easily and when her mother used to leave the house for work would abandon ...
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... half years per child, the time spent exhausted, absorbed, used up; and, what's more, if not, then something's wrong. That's a whole decade if you have three! This is accurate, wouldn't you agree, she wants to ask Sally; this is surely ...
... half years per child, the time spent exhausted, absorbed, used up; and, what's more, if not, then something's wrong. That's a whole decade if you have three! This is accurate, wouldn't you agree, she wants to ask Sally; this is surely ...
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