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The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year
- Narrated by: Caroline Quentin
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Winner of the Audiobook of the Year – Specsavers National Book Awards
What happens when a duvet day turns into a duvet year?
The day her twins leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there. For 17 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....
What the critics say
"Hilarious and totally Townsend. There were parts where I laughed until I cried." (Daily Mail)
"Laugh-out-loud...a teeming world of characters whose foibles and misunderstandings provide glorious amusement. Something deeper and darker than comedy." (Sunday Times)
"Full of colour and glows with life." (Independent)
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- Barbara Kay
- 2022-09-12
Disappointing
The premise is so absurd, I could not endure more than hour. From her previous work, I had expectations. But it was simply too absurd to go on without help from the author that wasn’t forthcoming in reasonable time. Even as a comedy.
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