The woman who went to bed for a year [text (large print)] / Sue Townsend.
By: Townsend, Sue
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TextPublisher: Rearsby, Leicester : WF Howes, 2013, c2012Edition: Large print edition.Description: 468 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781471227806 (pbk) :; 1471227804 (pbk).Subject(s): Large type books | Women -- Fiction | Families -- Fiction | Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction | Dysfunctional families -- Fiction | Mothers -- FictionGenre/Form: Humorous stories. | Large type books. DDC classification: 823.92 Summary: The day her children leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there. She's had enough - of her kids' carelessness, her husband's thoughtlessness and of the world's general indifference. Brian can't believe his wife is doing this. Who is going to make dinner? Taking it badly, he rings Eva's mother - but she's busy having her hair done. So he rings his mother - she isn't surprised. Eva, she says, is probably drunk. Let her sleep it off. But Eva won't budge. She makes new friends - Mark the window cleaner and Alexander, a very sexy handyman. She discovers Brian's been having an affair. And Eva realizes to her horror that everyone has been taking her for granted - including herself. Though Eva's refusal to behave like a dutiful wife and mother soon upsets everyone from medical authorities to her neighbours she insists on staying in bed. And from this odd but comforting place she begins to see both the world and herself very, very differently.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Large Print | Davis (Central) Library Large Print | Large Print | TOW | 1 | Available | T00512661 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
'The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year' is a funny and touching novel about what happens when someone refuses to be the person everyone expects them to be.
Originally published: London: Penguin Group, 2012.
"Clipper"--cover.
The day her children leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there. She's had enough - of her kids' carelessness, her husband's thoughtlessness and of the world's general indifference. Brian can't believe his wife is doing this. Who is going to make dinner? Taking it badly, he rings Eva's mother - but she's busy having her hair done. So he rings his mother - she isn't surprised. Eva, she says, is probably drunk. Let her sleep it off. But Eva won't budge. She makes new friends - Mark the window cleaner and Alexander, a very sexy handyman. She discovers Brian's been having an affair. And Eva realizes to her horror that everyone has been taking her for granted - including herself. Though Eva's refusal to behave like a dutiful wife and mother soon upsets everyone from medical authorities to her neighbours she insists on staying in bed. And from this odd but comforting place she begins to see both the world and herself very, very differently.
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