Dog Days by Mavis Cheek
The joy of her liberation from 11 years of marriage is somewhat compromised, Patricia feels, by the lacklustre dog who noses damply into her life as father-substitute for 10-year-old Rachel. In spite of all this, Patricia is more than ready for a fulfilled life as a single parent.
'Why Mavis Cheek is not as celebrated as Joanna Trollope or Mary Wesley is a mysteryShe's got everything they have, in spades. If anything, she's an improvement on them, in that her sense of humour is wicked and her literary allusions wider.' Observer
Mavis Cheek was born and grew up in Wimbledon. She began her working life at Editions Alecto, the contemporary art publishers. After Alecto, she attended Hillcroft College for Women from where she graduated in Arts. After her daughter Bella was born, she began her writing career in earnest; journalism and travel writing at first, then short stories, and eventually, in 1988, her novel Pause Between Acts was published by Bodley Head and won the She/John Menzies First Novel Prize. She is the author of thirteen novels novels including Mrs Fytton's Country Life, Janice Gentle Gets Sexy and, most recently, Amenable Women which was described in The Times as 'a brilliantly funny, warm, intelligent read'. She now lives and writes in the heart of the English countryside..
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571215133 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571215130 |
| Title | Dog Days |
| Author | Mavis Cheek |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2002-07-08 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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