Dog Days - Hardcover

Cheek, Mavis

 
9780786278022: Dog Days

Synopsis

Written by the author of "Parlour Games" and "Pause Between", this is a novel about life after divorce. Patricia is determined to divorce Gordon, but there is a price to pay. Despite her contempt for dogs she is forced to offer a dog to her daughter.

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Review

'Why Mavis Cheek is not as celebrated as Joanna Trollope or Mary Wesley is a mystery. She's got everything they have, in spades. If anything, she's an improvement on them, in that her sense of humour is wicked and her literary allusions wider.' Observer

About the Author

Mavis Cheek was born and educated in Wimbledon. She worked for Editions Alecto, the art publishers, for twelve years before becoming a mature student at Hillcroft College for Women where she graduated in Arts with Distinction. She now lives with her daughter in West London. Her short stories and articles have appeared in various publications and does as much travel writing as time and opportunity permit. Her first novel, PAUSE BETWEEN ACTS, won the John Menzies/She Magazine Literary Award for 1988.

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