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Brilliant black comedy from the ultimate Grumpy Old Woman!
Estranged sisters Anne and Jess were never close as children and have drifted further apart over the years - living separate lives in different cities. But when their mother Jean is seriously injured in a road accident, they find themselves flung together again. It's not going to be pretty...
Meanwhile Jean - trapped in a coma - is dreaming of her life and all the family secrets she never shared. Secrets even her daughters don't know about - but really should...
Jenny Eclair is famed for her razor sharp wit and brilliant observation. Her new novel is a fantastic black comedy about secrets and lies - those we tell each other and those we tell ourselves...
About the Author
Jenny Eclair is one of the UK's most successful and popular comedians and actors. She is the author of two previous, critically acclaimed novels. She is one of only two female comedians to have won the presitgious Perrier Award.
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Comments about Life, Death and Vanilla Slices:
I bought this book when it was recommended by Booktopia and to be honest I was not sure what to expect but I absolutely loved it. It is witty (I found my self laughing out loud on the train)but it is also sad and makes you really appreciate the relationships between mothers and daughters.
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A fictional book well worth buying and of course reading!!! One of the few books I have read twice..
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Very dark and very funny. I had it glued to my face until I'd finished it [Jo Brand]Of course it's funny, but it's also dark, honest and totally compulsive reading [Jenny Colgan]Utterly compelling, brave, angry and melancholy all at once. It is brutal about the female experience, but also beautifully observed about the subtle complexities of being a woman. I thought Jean was an amazing character - and it is testament to Jenny's skill as a writer that despite some awful behaviour, the reader never actually loses sympathy for her. Most of all, it's just a great, honest piece of writing. I want to read her others now [Jojo Moyes]
ISBN: 9781847444936
ISBN-10: 1847444938
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 352
Published: 5th July 2012
Dimensions (cm): 24.5 x 15.3
x 2.6
Weight (kg): 0.466
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