Every Day Is Mother's DayMacmillan, 15.03.2000 - 225 Seiten Stephen King meets Muriel Spark in Hilary Mantel's first novel. Evelyn Axona-medium by trade-and her half-wit daughter Muriel have become a social problem. Barricaded in their once-respectable house, they live amid festering rubbish, unhealthy smells-and secrets. They completely baffle Isabel Field, the social worker assigned to help them. But Isabel is only the most recent in a long line of people that find the Axons impossible. Meanwhile, Isabel has her own problems: a married lover, Colin. He is a history teacher to unresponsive children and father to a passel of his own horrible kids. With all this to worry about, how can Isabel even begin to understand what is going on in the Axon household? When Evelyn finally moves to def Muriel, and Muriel, in turn, acts to protect herself, the results are by turns hilarious and terrifying. |
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CHAPTER 1 | 3 |
CHAPTER 2 | 40 |
CHAPTER 3 | 61 |
CHAPTER 4 | 88 |
CHAPTER 5 | 117 |
CHAPTER 6 | 146 |
CHAPTER 7 | 188 |
CHAPTER 8 | 201 |
CHAPTER 9 | 218 |
CHAPTER 1O | 223 |
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Alistair Animal Farm asked Axon's baby beermat breath cardigan chair changeling Charmian Christmas client Clifford coat Colin thought Colin took Colman dark daughter dead downstairs drink Elvie Evelyn thought eyes face feel feet felt fingers Frank front door Frostick George Orwell girl give glass hall hand head heard HILARY MANTEL Isabel Kenilworth Road kitchen knew Lauderdale Road lean-to legs letterbox light live locked looked mind Miss Field morning mother MOTHER'S DAY mouth Muriel never night Perhaps pulled pushed russet apples seat seemed smell smiled Social Services sorry stairs stared stood stopped sure Suzanne Sylvia talk tell There's thing told trying turned upstairs voice waiting walk watched week What's whisky Wilberforce House window wire-haired fox terrier woman Yarker