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Description for Motherland
Paperback. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Stay-at-home mum Fran Clarke is approaching both her thirty-seventh birthday and crisis point. Once a brilliant voiceover artist, she now hasn't worked for years. The talent hasn't deserted her -- only her self-belief. She could have it all, if she could only see it. But with her confidence shot and a husband who no longer knows how to help her, most days all she sees is the bottom of a wine glass. Fran knows she has to stop the downward spiral before she self-destructs completely. But she hits rock bottom when she realises she can't even solve the problems of ... Read more
Stay-at-home mum Fran Clarke is approaching both her thirty-seventh birthday and crisis point. Once a brilliant voiceover artist, she now hasn't worked for years. The talent hasn't deserted her -- only her self-belief. She could have it all, if she could only see it. But with her confidence shot and a husband who no longer knows how to help her, most days all she sees is the bottom of a wine glass. Fran knows she has to stop the downward spiral before she self-destructs completely. But she hits rock bottom when she realises she can't even solve the problems of ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340920466
SKU
KTM0006466
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Cornerstone
Maria Beaumont was born into a working-class Cockney-Greek immigrant family. She now lives, respectably, in a North London suburb, not unlike the one in MOTHERLAND.
Reviews for Motherland
'A life-affirming and highly entertaining read'
Closer 5 star review 'The author of MissFit has gone all grown-up with this funny novel about being a frustrated suburban mum'
Heat 'A well observed social comedy'
She 'Fran's situation and her first-person voice feel engagingly real'
Telegraph 'A fun, gutsy read'
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Closer 5 star review 'The author of MissFit has gone all grown-up with this funny novel about being a frustrated suburban mum'
Heat 'A well observed social comedy'
She 'Fran's situation and her first-person voice feel engagingly real'
Telegraph 'A fun, gutsy read'
First ... Read more