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She May Not Leave

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Be careful who you invite into the bosom of your home - she may never leave...The new novel from Fay Weldon, the writer who knows women better than they know themselves. Heather and Martyn are a decent, hard-working, ecologically-minded young couple - partners with a new baby, bickering over whether they should get married or not and how to arrange their lives in a morally sustainable way. Heather has given up work to look after baby Anna, but she is, frankly, bored by domesticity. They meet Agnieszka, a domestic Polish paragon who's married to a bus driver back home and is sending money back to her old mother and sister. Morally responsible couple that they are, Martyn and Heather take pity and invite her to live with them. Heather eventually succumbs to temptation and asks Agnieszka to baby-sit, and soon she's back at full-time work. In fact life is pretty much as it was before the baby came along, except the house is cleaner and better organized, and she's galloping ahead in her career. Martyn is thrilled and wants a marriage ceremony but Heather refuses: life is perfect as it is, thanks to the existence of Agnieszka, who is modest, docile, prepared to work for a pittance, and not even too pretty for comfort. And if she tells the occasional lie - the little sister turns out to be a child - and her social attitudes are atrocious, well, they can be overlooked. She'll learn our ways along with the English language. But soon, things begin to sour. Martyn and Agnieszka grow closer and it occurs to Heather now that baby Anna, given a choice, would choose Agnieszka over her. Her friends are warning her - but that's too vulgar for consideration. And their lives are by now hopelessly intertwined - it's too late. And so the downward spiral continues, as visas, a marriage of convenience and even her own friends and family conspire to force Heather out of her home and her partner's bed!

About the Author :
Fay Weldon was born and raised in New Zealand. Her novels and short stories best-sell around the world and wherever they go are awarded great critical acclaim. Her film and TV work wins enthusiastic viewers by the million, worldwide.

Review :
‘A witty, wicked, lethally elegant novel.’ Daily Telegraph ‘A new novel by Fay Weldon is always a reason to celebrate and this has all the ingredients that make her writing so addictive…Offering an enjoyably waspish commentary on the changing nature of childcare – and of women’s expectations – since the 1960s, “She May Not Leave” is as funny and dark as anything that Weldon has written.’ The Times ‘Weldon is on top form in this latest novel, bringing to old dramas delicious new twists.’ Daily Mail ‘Weldon’s style, that virtuoso of intelligence and insinuating garrulousness, achieves a kind of ideal equilibrium between therapy and gossip. It has all the irresistible allure of a really good bitch and the voluptuous resonance on a deeply self-indulgent bout of self-analysis.’ The Times ‘Gripping stuff…Weldon is on fine form.’ Observer ‘Smart and fast paced, the novel is an amusing cautionary tale with a twist.’ Sunday Times


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780002258524
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 21 mm
  • Width: 141 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0002258528
  • Publisher Date: 05 Sep 2005
  • Height: 222 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Weight: 425 gr


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