Public confessions of a middle-aged woman aged 55 3/4

Townsend, Sue (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780718145385
ISBN: 9780718145538 (trade pbk.)
ISBN: 0718145380
ISBN: 0718145534 (trade pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xi, 354 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: London : Michael Joseph, c2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Collection of monthly columns from Sainsbury's The magazine, written between 1993-2001.

Formatted Contents Note:

Aga Saga -- War on Slugs -- The Slob's Holiday -- My Vivienne Westwood is Gone -- Avoidance Activity -- Control Freak? Moi? -- The Hilton Apron Mystery -- Don't Become a Writer -- Christmas Presents Problems -- Janet and John -- Backbone -- The Craft Fayre -- Missing Husband -- Mary the Doll -- Book Early to Avoid Disappointment -- Gimme Food and Newspapers -- Mugging -- Prince Charles for King? -- The Coat -- Burglaries -- Beige in Cromer -- Pulp Fiction -- I Have to Have Liver -- Nudity -- Heatwave -- Hosepipe Ban -- Travelling Through the Snow -- Expelled from the Writers' Club -- To Do List -- Abusive Letters -- Out on the Razz -- Dream House -- Max the Fat Cat -- Mr. and Mrs. Blue Hair -- Lovely Roundabout -- In Melbourne -- Plane Trauma -- Grandma at Large -- The Tourist -- No Ideas -- Lost Bag -- Christmas in Tobago -- The Kitchen with the Mobiles -- Idling -- Display Models -- Giving Advice -- William Brown -- Stonehenge -- Horrible Supermarket -- Stupid Susan/Sensible Susan -- The Discs Cry 'Out!' -- Daytime TV -- Carpenters on the Run -- Cable TV -- The Silver Boob Tube -- Information Overload -- Full-nest Syndrome -- Gipton Estate -- Conservatories -- Scientific Studies are Silly -- Christmas Insurance -- Strangers on a Train -- Dr. Strudel Questions Mrs. Townsend -- Dogs -- Madame Vodka -- Spanish Restaurant -- Deadlines -- Winnie-the-Pooh -- My Place is Three Stars -- The List -- Mrs. Magoo -- Millennium -- Pink Elephant Car Park -- Solitary Behaviour -- Fed up -- Our Hospitals -- Giving up -- Size and Exercise -- Water Features -- Boot Sale -- Burial -- Talking Books -- November is a Cruel Month -- Dennis's Presents -- Vodka -- Winkle-pickers -- Third Draft -- Wayne Webb -- Train Journeys.