- Paperback: 172 pages
- Publisher: Fourth Estate; New edition edition (11 Jun 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1857020669
- ISBN-13: 978-1857020663
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 775,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this collection of 60 linked episodes, we follow Dulcie Domum's trials and tribulations as she struggles to cope with rising domestic mayhem, finish the novel which is going to make her fortune, and remain true to the principles of feminism and the needs of the environment.
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Format:Paperback
"Nothing in fridge except two withered carrots, bag of sprouts dating from eighteenth century and a couple of half-finished jars of mould". If this rings a bell and you spend your time looking after exhausting, small children and worrying that the only sexy bit you've got left is your ankles then you'll identify with Dulcie Domum. "Bad Houskeeping" is a descendant of "The Diary of a Provincial Lady" and a forerunner of "Bridget Jones's Diary" but rather than being a singleton with a career in television, Dulcie is a very un-smug married with a disinterested husband and a career as an author of bonkbusters.
When not wrestling with children or the contents of her fridge she spends her time daydreaming about an affair with dashing young Tom from the Buddhist/Anarchist plumbing collective.
Sue Limb makes me laugh out loud (and makes me feel better about the contents of my fridge).
When not wrestling with children or the contents of her fridge she spends her time daydreaming about an affair with dashing young Tom from the Buddhist/Anarchist plumbing collective.
Sue Limb makes me laugh out loud (and makes me feel better about the contents of my fridge).
Format:Hardcover
Sue Limb takes the reader on a journey through Dulcie's domesitic world. We are treated to her private triumphs and hilarious failures to be the perfect wife, mother and businesswoman in our modern society.
It reminded me of the style of Maureen Lipman's novels - chaotic and well observed. The humour will especially appeal to those with children and a husband who seldom emerges from behind reading matter to take part in family life!
Woven amongst this snapshot of family chaos is the so called 'bonk buster' novel our heroine is struggling to write ... just as soon as she can get those seed potatoes planted before they turn to compost in the corner of her kitchen!
This novel is far more engaging than the Guardian column Sue Limb writes - the characters of the children seems far more hilarious, and you don't quite know what's going to happen next!
Format:Paperback
A very sharp,precise and side splittingly painful book which moves at a furious pace from scene to scene with no time to catch breath ! The book centres around a chaotic household run by a woman who tries to have it all and just never quite succeeds. Husband, lover, parent and career woman is what Dulcie feels she has but you will have to read for yourself to see if she makes it. I was certainly left wanting more and have just aquired the next volume to see what happens next.
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