The day her twins leave home, Eva climbs into bed
and stays there. For seventeen years she's wanted to yell at the world, 'Stop!
I want to get off'. Finally, this is her chance.
Her husband Brian, an astronomer having an
unsatisfactory affair, is upset. Who will cook his dinner? Eva, he complains,
is attention seeking. But word of Eva's defiance spreads.
Legions of fans, believing she is protesting,
gather in the street. While Alexander the white van man brings tea, toast and
sympathy. And from this odd but comforting place Eva begins to see both herself
and the world very, very differently. . .
REVIEW
I read this for my bookclub, but after the first few chapters, I found
it fairly hard going. I was bought the book as a gift so was really pleased
when the following month it was chosen as one of the books for bookclub. We all
agreed that it sounded like a good light hearted funny book. It was decided as;
'Laugh-out-loud . . . a teeming world of characters whose foibles and
misunderstandings provide glorious amusement. Something deeper and darker than
comedy' Sunday Times
Oh how wrong… Within
the first few chapters, there
were a few laugh out moments, but they became fewer as the book went on
and by the end, there were none!! I felt very let down by the ending with lots of
unanswered questions. I only finished it because it was a bookclub book.
I would
not ever read it again or recommend it to anyone, extremely disappointing. Not one bookclub member enjoyed it.
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