Image from Google Jackets

Getting a life / stories by Helen Simpson.

By: New York : Vintage Contemporaries, c2000 copyright 2000Edition: 1st American editionDescription: 196 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0375724974
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813.6 .Si613 2000
Summary: "An ambitious teenager vows never to settle for any of the adult lives she sees around her. Two old friends get tipsy at a small cafe and end up revealing more than they intended. In a boutique so exclusive that entrance requires a password, a frazzled careerwoman explores the anesthetizing effect of highly impractical clothing. And in the mesmerizing title story, a mother of three takes life one day at a time, while pushing the ominous question of whether she wants to firmly to one side." --Provided by publisher.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Print Materials Main Library General Circulation 813.6 .Si613 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0119518
Browsing Main Library shelves, Shelving location: General Circulation Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
813.6 .Si586 2016 The black widow / 813.6 .Si586 2017 House of spies / 813.6 .Si586 2019 The new girl : a novel / 813.6 .Si613 2000 Getting a life / 813.6 .St844 2015 Those girls : a novel / 813.6 .T238 2017 Ring of fire / 813.6 .T238 2017 The six /

"Originally published: Hey yeah right get a life. London : Jonathan Cape, 2000." --Verso of title page

"An ambitious teenager vows never to settle for any of the adult lives she sees around her. Two old friends get tipsy at a small cafe and end up revealing more than they intended. In a boutique so exclusive that entrance requires a password, a frazzled careerwoman explores the anesthetizing effect of highly impractical clothing. And in the mesmerizing title story, a mother of three takes life one day at a time, while pushing the ominous question of whether she wants to firmly to one side." --Provided by publisher.

Adult

Text in English

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.