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Cover the Butter
Carrie Kabak
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Description for Cover the Butter
Paperback. The year is 1965, and Kate Cadogan has just got her first bra, and corset. From her first crush, local bad boy Barry Finch, through to her scandalous period of 'living in sin' during her years at teacher training college, right up to her passionless marriage to Rodney, Kate seems to have a talent for picking the wrong men. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 270.
The year is 1965, and Kate Cadogan has just got her first bra and corset. It's a watershed moment, even if she hates the way the girdle chafes the tops of her thighs, and even though what she really wanted was a polka-dot shift dress with a cool Peter Pan collar. Undaunted, Kate jumps headfirst into the thrills and heartaches of her teenage years, albeit under the watchful eye of her mother, Biddy, a woman so repressed and controlling she gives new meaning to the word 'matriarch'. From her first crush, local bad boy Barry Finch, through to ... Read more
The year is 1965, and Kate Cadogan has just got her first bra and corset. It's a watershed moment, even if she hates the way the girdle chafes the tops of her thighs, and even though what she really wanted was a polka-dot shift dress with a cool Peter Pan collar. Undaunted, Kate jumps headfirst into the thrills and heartaches of her teenage years, albeit under the watchful eye of her mother, Biddy, a woman so repressed and controlling she gives new meaning to the word 'matriarch'. From her first crush, local bad boy Barry Finch, through to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780749936754
SKU
V9780749936754
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About Carrie Kabak
Carrie Kabak, a former children's book illustrator, was born and raised in Britain, and now lives in Kansas City, Missouri with her husband and five sons. For more information about Carrie Kabak, visit www.coverthebutter.com.
Reviews for Cover the Butter
Wonderful! A tour de force, written with depth and insight, Cover the Butter is funny, poignant, and page-turningly original.
Katie Fforde
...some of the most well rounded characters that I have come across in a long time.
BOOK PLEASURES
Kabak's...way of encapsulating decades in a few swift strokes, take this tale beyond the standard middle-age revenge ... Read more
Katie Fforde
...some of the most well rounded characters that I have come across in a long time.
BOOK PLEASURES
Kabak's...way of encapsulating decades in a few swift strokes, take this tale beyond the standard middle-age revenge ... Read more