Getting Back Brahms book. Although I have enjoyed other books by Mavis Cheek the humour in this one seems to be straining for effect.

Getting Back Brahms book. It reads more like a series of stand-up one-liners than carefully constructed humorous situations.

Mavis Cheek (born 1948) is an English novelist who describes herself as one in a line of feminist, subversive women authors – with jokes. Born in Wimbledon, now part of London, Mavis only met her father once, at the age of seven. Her mother worked in a factory to keep the family together and life was lived in a fairly hand-to-mouth fashion

Diana, thirty-something bookshop owner, is single again but no longer able to listen to Brahms without stirring painful memories of her old love.

Diana, thirty-something bookshop owner, is single again but no longer able to listen to Brahms without stirring painful memories of her old love. Determined to make new memories, she joins the Academy of Forward Literature at Hassocks Hall. Getting Back Brahms is a brilliant comedy of errors by one of our most gifted comic writers.

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This "wonderfully funny" novel goes behind the scenes at a British beauty salon (Vogue). Tabitha's Beauty Parlour is a haven.

SUMMARY: Patrick Parker, golden child of bomb-devastated Coventry, adored and encouraged by his mother, fulfils his dream destiny to be a bridge builder as great as Brunel. Audrey Wapshott, born at the same time, feels her destiny is to become the wife of handsome, brilliant Patrick. This "wonderfully funny" novel goes behind the scenes at a British beauty salon (Vogue).

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College or university book shop. 16 November 2019 ·. Now back from enchanting Venice - we just missed the floods - sunshine and blue skies for us - then the downpour as we left - utterly miserable for the Venetians - utter tragedy for the City. This is what I looked out on every day.

Mavis Cheek's latest novel The Lovers of Pound Hill (Arrow, £. 9) is out now. See Bookshop on page 3. See Bookshop on page 35. Most read in Books. Kevin Clifton: ‘I’m all over the place’ Stacey Dooley’s boyfriend makes candid admission.

category Literature & Fiction ISBN: 0571177468 Copies Registered: 5. Getting Back Brahms.

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Mavis Cheek's fiction is entirely amiable; witty, sharp and vivacious. Amy Jenkins, eat your heart out. This is how light romantic fiction is done.

Mrs Fytton, who is generally referred to thus, in a tongue-in-Cheek homage to the Mrs Gaskell or Jane Austen-ish timbre of the story, has been a perfect wife ever since marrying her university sweetheart. Mavis Cheek's fiction is entirely amiable; witty, sharp and vivacious.