Pumpkin Eater, The

• Date de parution : 17/06/2015
• Editeur : Adult Pbs
• EAN : 9780241240106
• Série : (-)
• Support : Papier

• Nombre de pages : (-)
• Collection : MODERN CLASSICS
• Genre : (-)
• Thème : Non attribué
• Prix littéraire(s) : (-)

Peter, Peter, Pumpkin eater br>Had a wife and couldn''t keep her...''br>br>In this extraordinary, semi-autobiographical novel, Penelope Mortimer depicts a married woman''s breakdown in 1960s London. With three husbands in her past, one in her present and a numberless army of children, Mrs... Voir plus

Peter, Peter, Pumpkin eater br>Had a wife and couldn''t keep her...''br>br>In this extraordinary, semi-autobiographical novel, Penelope Mortimer depicts a married woman''s breakdown in 1960s London. With three husbands in her past, one in her present and a numberless army of children, Mrs Armitage is astonished to find herself collapsing one day in Harrods. Strange, unsettling and shot through with black comedy, this is a moving account of one woman''s realisation that marriage and family life may not, after all, offer all the answers to the problems of living.>