Yesterday'S Houses by Mavis Cheek

Yesterday'S Houses by Mavis Cheek

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When Marianne Flowers is invited to a party, she has no idea that it is here that she will set eyes on the love of her life. She also meets Charles and experiences her first romance. Her dreams of escape to a home of her own seem to be realised... This is a poignant and funny account of a woman on a journey to freedom and independence.

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Yesterday'S Houses by Mavis Cheek

A classic Cheek comedy of manners that will delight her many fans. When Marianne Flowers is invited to a party by a stranger, she has no idea that it is here that she will set eyes on the love of her life: a beautiful bathroom. She also meets Charles and experiences her first romance. Her dreams of escape from her childhood to a home of her own seem to be realised when he proposes. But marriage to Charles turns out to be far from liberating and soon Marianne is back in rented accommodation with a cramped bathroom and a sense that life is going on elsewhere. Charles's mother Jean has started feeding her with books - classics, feminist tracts - and soon Marianne realises that there is a whole world inside her mind. But how will this new independently minded Marianne fit in with a man's idea of what a woman should be? Mavis Cheek's thirteenth novel shows her at the height of her powers in this poignant, funny account of a woman whose journey to freedom, independence and great plumbing will delight fans of her previous work.
Mavis Cheek lives in the English countryside. She is the author of eleven previous novels most recently Mrs Fytton's Country Life, The Sex Life of My Aunt and Patrick Parker's Progress
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ISBN 13 9780571224234
ISBN 10 0571224237
Title Yesterday'S Houses
Author Mavis Cheek
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2006-02-02
Number of pages 272
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.