Getting over It - Hardcover

Maxted, Anna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060393203 ISBN 13: 9780060393205

Publisher: Regan Books, 2000

Synopsis

Helen learns a great deal about facing the unexpected and living her own life when, in one tumultuous period, her father dies of a heart attack, her mother attempts suicide, and her boyfriend confesses to infidelity.

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Review:

?I loved "Getting Over It! Its tone is so breezy and subversive, but with a heart of vulnerability. Helen is a fabulous character, and Maxted's handling of the emotional fallout of death is spot-on. Most important, "Getting Over It never loses its humor or its warmth -- a great achievement.? --Marian Keyes, author, "Watermelon and "Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married?"Getting Over It is a charming and compelling debut.?--Suzanne Finnamore, author of "Otherwise Engaged"There is nothing cocklewarming, or tearjerking, about "Getting Over It. It is far too witty, and clever, for that. Its protagonist's bad habits, moral weaknesses and drunked lapses are its greatest asset. Like Bridget Jones, it refuses to gloss over life's ordinary squalor; unlike Bridget, however, its heroine's traumas are serious, giving it an edge which makes her predecessor's worries seem laughably small. It's compelling, humane, and worryingly funny, and better written than many more 'literary' novels. The difference between Maxted's novel and her would-be peers is honesty." --"Evening Standard?Hip, readable, often poignant and always funny...Had Maxted published this sharp, witty tale...before the Bridget Jones phenomenon, Fielding's novel might have been noted as a pale comparison....a laugh-out-loud debut novel.? ---"Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher:

ANNA MAXTED'S COMPELLING, WITTY AND POIGNANT FIRST NOVEL

About this edition

• Publisher: Regan Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0060393203
• ISBN 13: 9780060393205
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 403