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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... stood up and curved to form an invisible reticulation, trapping a layer of warm air a good centimeter deep. I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose fountains are within. That was cool, but Coleridge was ...
... stood up and curved to form an invisible reticulation, trapping a layer of warm air a good centimeter deep. I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose fountains are within. That was cool, but Coleridge was ...
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... stood a broad fair woman, urgently advising the child to calm down. “You'll be better with a child than I am,” said the workman gratefully as Jade approached, and before she could agree—or disagree—he had shot off back to his ...
... stood a broad fair woman, urgently advising the child to calm down. “You'll be better with a child than I am,” said the workman gratefully as Jade approached, and before she could agree—or disagree—he had shot off back to his ...
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... malcontent. Frances knows this, and so does Sally. Even so they pause and turn and give each other a brief gruff foolish hug, with the child safely sandwiched between them. GETTING A LIFE Dorrie stood at the edge of the.
... malcontent. Frances knows this, and so does Sally. Even so they pause and turn and give each other a brief gruff foolish hug, with the child safely sandwiched between them. GETTING A LIFE Dorrie stood at the edge of the.
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