The Household Guide to Dying
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2010
384 pages
978-0-00-737120-4 (ISBN)
Description
A moving novel, charting a dying woman's attempts to prepare her family for the future. For fans of Maggie O'Farrell and Audrey Niffenegger.
Inspired by her heroine, Isabella Beeton, Delia has made a living writing a series of hugely successful modern household guides. As the book opens, she is not yet forty, but has only a short time to live.
Preoccupied with how to prepare herself and her family for death, Delia realizes that what she really needs, more than anything, is a manual. Realising this could be her greatest achievement, she sets to work. But, in the writing, Delia is forced to confront the ghosts of her past.
Hugely original, life affirming and humorous, The Household Guide to Dying illuminates love, loss and the place we call home.
Inspired by her heroine, Isabella Beeton, Delia has made a living writing a series of hugely successful modern household guides. As the book opens, she is not yet forty, but has only a short time to live.
Preoccupied with how to prepare herself and her family for death, Delia realizes that what she really needs, more than anything, is a manual. Realising this could be her greatest achievement, she sets to work. But, in the writing, Delia is forced to confront the ghosts of her past.
Hugely original, life affirming and humorous, The Household Guide to Dying illuminates love, loss and the place we call home.
Reviews / Votes
'Adelaide's moving novel captures both the hope and sadness of Delia's plight.' Daily Mail'Darkly comic novel with a tone that is Desperate Housewives meets Six Feet Under...this is caustic and hilarious, as well as heart-warming. A clever read that stays with you for a long time.' Red
'A novel about loving and grieving...filled with humour, warmth and sadness - just like life.' Good Reading
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
0,43 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-00-737120-4 (9780007371204)
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The Household Guide to Dying
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01/2009
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Person
Debra Adelaide is the author of two novels which were published in Australia and four themed collections of fiction and memoirs. She has worked as a researcher, editor and book reviewer, and has a PhD from the University of Sydney. She is now a senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of Technology, Sydney. She has three children and several chickens.
