Domestic Bliss and Other Disasters by Jane Ions

Domestic Bliss and Other Disasters by Jane Ions

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Sally's son Dan has come back home from college, He wants to live rent free and perform his arts. Sally has taken a career break from teaching, she just needs a rest. Her husband is an ambitious politician and needs a tranquil unexceptional home life but Sally has had enough and does something outrageous.

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Domestic Bliss and Other Disasters by Jane Ions

Sally's son Dan has come back home from college after completing his performing arts degree. He needs rent-free accommodation, friends, a love life, and somewhere to perform his arts. Sally herself is taking a career break from teaching English. She's tired of teaching year eleven pupils about the Mockingbird. She wants to kill the bird and stuff it with all the redundant apostrophe's' she's ever seen in twenty years of marking essays. She needs a rest. She does not need her adult son Dan, his current girlfriend, his previous girlfriend and his old school friend to move in and share her kitchen and their lives with her. Sally could seek out her own friends to let off steam, but her friends prefer her to keep her steam to herself. They're busy, and too much steam makes it difficult for them to see their own problems clearly. Sally's husband Bill is an ambitious politician. A tranquil, unexceptional home-life would work well for Bill and his career. In his line of work he needs unconventional domestic arrangements like he needs ladies underwear in his briefcase. However, when Bill looks to his wife for her proper support, Sally does something outrageous ...
Jane Ions lives in Cumbria. Her debut novel, Domestic Bliss and Other Disasters was short listed for The Comedy Women in Print Prize and selected as The Times Radio Book of The Week and one of The Times radio Books of The Year.
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ISBN 13 9781910422724
ISBN 10 191042272X
Title Domestic Bliss and Other Disasters
Author Jane Ions
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bluemoose Books Ltd
Year published 2021-03-25
Number of pages 250
Prizes Short-listed for Comedy Women in Print 2021
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.