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The Pumpkin Eater
Penelope Mortimer
- Penguin Modern Classics
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| Publisher | Penguin Modern Classics |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780241240106 |
| Publication date | July 2015 |
| Edition | Paperback |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Pages | 160 |
| Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
'Peter, Peter, Pumpkin eater
Had a wife and couldn't keep her...'
In this extraordinary, semi-autobiographical novel, Penelope Mortimer depicts a married woman's breakdown in 1960s London. With three husbands in her past, one in her present and a numberless army of children, Mrs Armitage is astonished to find herself collapsing one day in Harrods. Strange, unsettling and shot through with black comedy, this is a moving account of one woman's realisation that marriage and family life may not, after all, offer all the answers to the problems of living.
The Pumpkin Eater