The wicked stepmother is a classic figure of literature. From "Cinderella" to "Hamlet", she is portrayed as an evil manipulator out to do down her husband's children. Reality is all too often the reverse, with stepchildren using all their cunning to do down daddy's new wife in a no holds barred, down and dirty fight to the death. Being on the receiving end of that kind of attack is no fun at all, as Fay's heroine can tell you. And tell you she does in her only solace - her secret diary that is her lifeline. Fay's unique insights into the workings of the female mind, her comprehensive knowledge of family relationships and her wisdom about life in general are all brought brilliantly to bear in this fairytale for our times.
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Weldon's style, that virtuoso of intelligence and insinuating garrulousness, achieves a kind of ideal equilibrium between therapy and gossip - The Times. Her prose, never flabby, grows leaner with each book. It's impressive what she achieves with so few words - The Independent. The novel spans the spectrum of family relationships; it is profound, alarming, funny and wise ... Fay Weldon is writing at the top of her game: her novel is highly recommended - Daily Telegraph. A blistering look at the battle between a woman and her stepdaughter - A fiendish modern morality tale - the old Cassandra is back in superb form - Kate Saunders in The Times. ...wry, witty take on a duplicitous world, in which unexpected quirks are adapted to the female experience - Saga Magazine. A heartfelt story, full of ups and downs - Scottish Daily Record.
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Fay Weldon was brought up in New Zealand. She read Economics and Psychology at the University of St Andrews, and worked briefly for the Foreign Office in London. She later began to write full-time, working as a novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Her first novel, The Fat Woman's Joke, was published in 1967. She was Chair of the Judges for the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1983, and received an honorary doctorate from the University of St Andrews in 1990. In 2001 she was awarded a CBE. She lives in Dorset with her husband, the poet Nick Fox.
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