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Diary of a Mad Housewife
de Kaufman, Sue
- Usado
- near fine
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
-
Argillite, Kentucky, United States
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EUR 14.21EUR 12.79
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Sobre este artículo
NY: Random House, 1967. BCE/BOMC. Leatherette. Near Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 311 numbered pgs. Gray leatherette boards w/green spine. Silver and black letters to front and spine. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean & bright. Not x-library, unmarked, no DJ. Faint foxing to top edge. Secure ship w/track #. Originally published in 1967, this fun and clever story follows Tina Balser, a sophisticated housewife who lives in Manhattan and seems to have everything—money, two beautiful daughters, and a husband who is a successful lawyer. When Tina begins to suspect that she is going mad, she starts a secret diary as a form of therapy and escape. Through the pages of this diary, her fears and neuroses emerge, as well as her sharp and hilarious observations of herself and those around her, which lead to many changes, including an extramarital fling.
Sinopsis
Tina Balser is a 36-year-old Manhattan housewife and mother of two who, believing that she is slowly going mad, starts a secret diary as a form of self-therapy. She has a lot to pour out in the pages: her husband, Jonathan, is an ambitious and sometimes insensitive corporate lawyer who almost constantly nags at Tina for things she does, or doesn't do; her daughters, Sylvie and Liz, are often annoying brats who call her "Mudther," and Tina has few, if any, friends, which doesn't seem to bother her all that much. Most of the time, she is agreeable to Jonathan's demands, such as a complete fall cleaning to get their apartment in shape; other times, she does not see the need, such as when Jonathan tells her to get a new dress for an important party, when she already has several good ones bought only last year. She encounters playwright George Prager at a couple of parties, and, drawn by what he calls "this Sex Wave Length thing," begins an affair with him. This does not have the desired result, though: George is , in Tina's words, "the classic Heel, the sadistic Rake whom certain kinds of women find attractive; and I, by virtue of my current condition, have become that type of woman." She eventually decides what she wants to have and be, and again in her words, "If Jonathan doesn't like it he can lump it." The key to Jonathan's behavior is also explained at the end, though, as a reader, I couldn't really feel sorry for him; felt instead that he got what he deserved.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Blacks Bookshop
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 16382
- Título
- Diary of a Mad Housewife
- Autor
- Kaufman, Sue
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Leatherette
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- BCE/BOMC
- Editorial
- Random House
- Lugar de publicación
- NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1967
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