Eclair, J: Life, Death and Vanilla Slices -

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Résumé :
Estranged sisters Anne and Jess were never close, but when their mother is injured in a road accident, they're flung back together - and it isn't pretty! Meanwhile, their comatose mother is dreaming of all their family secrets... A brilliant black comedy from the Grumpy Old Woman.

Biographie:
Jenny Eclair is one of the UK's most successful and popular comedians and actors. She is the author of two previous, critically acclaimed novels Camberwell Beauty and Having a Lovely Time. She is one of only two female comedians to have won the prestigious Perrier Award.

Very dark and very funny. I had it glued to my face until I'd finished it Jo Brand Of course it's funny, but it's also dark, honest and totally compulsive reading Jenny Colgan Utterly compelling, brave, angry and melancholy all at once. It is brutal about the female experience, but also beautifully observed about the subtle complexities of being a woman. I thought Jean was an amazing character - and it is testament to Jenny's skill as a writer that despite some awful behaviour, the reader never actually loses sympathy for her. Most of all, it's just a great, honest piece of writing. I want to read her others now -- Jojo Moyes