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Good Grief
Keith Waterhouse
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Description for Good Grief
Paperback. June Pepper finds there is more to life than death in this touching, sensitive and funny exploration of bereavement from the creator of Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell and Billy Liar. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Returning from the memorial service for her husband, a tough tabloid editor cut down in his prime, June Pepper sets about following his instructions to keep a journal as therapy. But both grief and the journal prove elusive. Distracted by a problem stepdaughter and by a liaison with a man she discovers wearing one of her husband's old suits, June finds bereavement far from straightforward. And as she empties skeletons from closets, she learns there is far more to life than death.
Returning from the memorial service for her husband, a tough tabloid editor cut down in his prime, June Pepper sets about following his instructions to keep a journal as therapy. But both grief and the journal prove elusive. Distracted by a problem stepdaughter and by a liaison with a man she discovers wearing one of her husband's old suits, June finds bereavement far from straightforward. And as she empties skeletons from closets, she learns there is far more to life than death.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444753974
SKU
V9781444753974
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About Keith Waterhouse
In a long and highly successful career, Keith Waterhouse published fifteen novels, including Billy Liar (which has been filmed and staged) and Our Song (also staged), seven non-fiction books and seven collections of journalism. He wrote widely for television, cinema and the theatre, including the highly successful play Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell. He also published two acclaimed memoirs, City Lights ... Read more
Reviews for Good Grief
Touching, hilarious . . . a journey of hope and courage
The Times
Waterhouse sparkles in this fictional diary of a newly-bereaved widow
Daily Express
Often moving, often comic . . . The strength of this novel lies in pathos and in its onwards-and-ever-upwards, day-to-day detail
Literary Review
A realistic view of bereavement, full ... Read more
The Times
Waterhouse sparkles in this fictional diary of a newly-bereaved widow
Daily Express
Often moving, often comic . . . The strength of this novel lies in pathos and in its onwards-and-ever-upwards, day-to-day detail
Literary Review
A realistic view of bereavement, full ... Read more