The Sex Life of My Aunt by Mavis Cheek

The Sex Life of My Aunt by Mavis Cheek

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Lovely home, lovely husband, lovely family. Apart from the envy of her less contented sister everything in Dilys's rags-to-riches life is lovely, lovely, lovely. Until the day she meets a man at a railway station who is also - lovely.

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The Sex Life of My Aunt by Mavis Cheek

Lovely home, lovely husband, lovely family. Apart from the envy of her less contented sister everything in Dilys' rags-to-riches life is lovely, lovely, lovely. Until the day she meets a man at a railway station who is also - lovely. As she hurtles towards either her destruction or her liberation she discovers that deceit is in the blueprint of our birth, that ancient Aunts have their own dark secrets, that envious sisters have their reasons. And that when Brief Encounters meet Basic instincts, the right choice, like truth, is rarely pure and never simple.
'Cheek is a marvellous writer whose characters are all beautifully drawn, whose observations on the absurd behaviour of the middle-aged invariably hit the mark and who makes you laugh out loud, even as you are wincing with pain' Daily Mail 'Why Mavis Cheek is not as celebrated as Joanna Trollope or Mary Wesley is a mystery. She'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
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ISBN 13 9780571205080
ISBN 10 0571205089
Title The Sex Life of My Aunt
Author Mavis Cheek
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2002-03-04
Number of pages 340
Prizes Short-listed for Saga Award for Wit 2003
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.