She May Not Leave - Hardcover

Weldon, Fay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0871139421 ISBN 13: 9780871139429

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 2006

Synopsis

Fay Weldon offers an amusing send-up of modern relationships and child-rearing practices in this caustic novel about a middle-class London couple.
Hattie, a literary agent, and lefty journalist Martyn have elected to partner rather than submit to official wedlock and become husband and wife. For their infant, Kitty, they hire a young, beautiful Polish au pair with a college degree in early childhood education. She brings a glorious, unprecedented order to their household and charms them with belly dancing and gourmet meals, allowing Hattie to return to work and the pair to enjoy real food and sex once in a while. It's Hattie's grandmother, Frances, however, who narrates, and she suspects that Agnieszka Wyszynska isn't quite what she seems. But Hattie and Martyn, weakened by their plum setup, will do anything to keep their live-in nanny, including pushing their relationship to the brink - and perhaps beyond.

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Review

‘A witty, wicked, lethally elegant novel.’ Daily Telegraph

‘A new novel by Fay Weldon is always a reason to celebrate and this has all the ingredients that make her writing so addictive...Offering an enjoyably waspish commentary on the changing nature of childcare – and of women’s expectations – since the 1960s, “She May Not Leave” is as funny and dark as anything that Weldon has written.’ The Times

‘Weldon is on top form in this latest novel, bringing to old dramas delicious new twists.’ Daily Mail

‘Weldon’s style, that virtuoso of intelligence and insinuating garrulousness, achieves a kind of ideal equilibrium between therapy and gossip. It has all the irresistible allure of a really good bitch and the voluptuous resonance on a deeply self-indulgent bout of self-analysis.’ The Times

‘Gripping stuff...Weldon is on fine form.’ Observer

‘Smart and fast paced, the novel is an amusing cautionary tale with a twist.’ Sunday Times

About the Author

Fay Weldon was born and raised in New Zealand. Her novels and short stories best-sell around the world and wherever they go are awarded great critical acclaim. Her film and TV work wins enthusiastic viewers by the million, worldwide.

Edition details

• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0871139421
• ISBN 13: 9780871139429
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 284