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Conversations from a Long Marriage
Jan Etherington
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Belletristik / Gegenwartsliteratur (ab 1945)
Beschreibung
'A sheer joy' Joanna Lumley
'This book gives me hope ... that life and marriage might permanently include taking the absolute piss while simultaneously dancing in the kitchen' Emma Freud
'An endearing portrait of exasperation, laced with hard won tolerance - and love' Guardian
Joanna and Roger have been married for over forty years. Children of the Sixties, they're still free spirits, drawn together by their passion for music - and each other. Conversations from a Long Marriage is exactly that: following conversations that take them from the local café, to their kitchen table. She suggests there are advantages to single beds and wants to go clubbing in Ibiza for her imminent 'big' birthday, he has a dodgy knee and is on statins, and when they discuss the marriage break-up of their closest friends, there's jealousy and talk of affairs.
Witty, big-hearted and a whole lot of fun, Conversations from a Long Marriage will resonate with couples of any age - but especially those who are still dancing in the kitchen, singing in the car and trying to keep the passion alive.
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<b>Pin-sharp</b>
<b>This book gives me hope ... that life and marriage might permanently include taking the absolute piss while simultaneously dancing in the kitchen </b>
<b>Conversations is a brilliant vehicle for tackling difficult subjects, like ageing and mortality, with a kind of clever, gentle, sardonic and affectionate humour, laced with human insight that makes you chuckle but can also unexpectedly move you.</b>
<b>Jan Etherington is a brilliant writer and these books are sheer joy</b>
<b>Astute ... They are unlike anyone I actually know but, truly, I like them</b>
<b>An endearing portrait of exasperation, laced with hard won tolerance - and something like love</b>
<b>Beautifully captured in Etherington'
<b>Sitcom is what most marriages are really like - repetitive and ridiculous - and Jan'
<b>One of the best writers for radio ... Her dialogue works because it is so true</b>
<b>Beautifully written</b>
Comedies about likeable people are not common. <b>Treasure this one</b>
<b>Witty and warm</b>
<b>Sublimely funny, touching ... Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam have had illustrious acting careers but can they ever have done anything better than Jan Etherington'
<b>Exquisitely simple ... it captures the rhymes and language of spousal life [and] in these [Jan Etherington] hands it works perfectly</b>
This <b>warm, witty portrait of a 40-year marriage is written with a pin-sharp perception. Sublimely funny, touching</b> ... couple Joanna and Roger remain passionate about life, music and each other, as their conversations veer from reading glasses and dodgy knees to clubbing in Ibiza, separate beds and affairs. <b>Lumley and Allam have had illustrious acting careers but can they ever have done anything better than Jan Etherington'
<b>Not just comedy but also a compelling, well-rounded drama. Brilliantly crafted, delightfully funny and perceptive ... they sparkle and spring vividly to life</b>
Kundenbewertungen
english radio plays, marriage divorce books, family life fiction, love stories, second chance romance, aging womens fiction, joanna lumley, humorous relationship books, later in life romance