The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year
Sue Townsend
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Description for The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year
Paperback. The day her twins leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there. For seventeen years she's wanted to yell at the world, 'Stop! I want to get off'. Finally, this is her chance. Her husband Brian, an astronomer having an affair, is upset. Who will cook his dinner? Eva, he complains, is attention seeking. But word of Eva's defiance spreads. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324. Good, clean copy. Showing minor shelfwear to covers and page edges
'Hilarious and totally Townsend. There were parts where I laughed until I cried' Daily Mail
What happens when a duvet day turns into a duvet year?
Sue Townsend, the bestselling author of the Adrian Mole series, returns with The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year, a funny and touching novel about what happens when someone stops being the person everyone wants them to be.
The day her twins leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there. For seventeen years she's wanted to yell at the world, 'Stop! I want to get off'. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
Used, Very Good
Weight
324g
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141399645
SKU
KSG0007580
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Sue Townsend
Sue Townsend was born in Leicester in 1946. Despite not learning to read until the age of eight, leaving school at fifteen with no qualifications and having three children by the time she was in her mid-twenties, she always found time to read widely. She also wrote secretly for twenty years. After joining a writers' group at The Phoenix Theatre, ... Read more
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What happens when a duvet day turns into a duvet year? Sue Townsend, the bestselling author of the Adrian Mole series, returns with The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year, a funny and touching novel about what happens when someone stops being the person everyone wants them to be.
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