Ex-Wife(Fabereditions)'A forgotten classic: darkly funny and startlingly contemporary, full of witty one liners and stop you in your tracks observations about romance, work, and life.' (Monica Heisey, Really Good, Actually). 'I was floored: truly brilliant.' (Meg Mason, Sorrow and Bliss) It feels remarkable to be a deserted wife when one is only twenty four. New York, 1924. Patricia and Peter are a thoroughly modern married couple. Both drink. Both smoke. Both work. Both

It doesn't matter how beautiful or charming she is

Picking through the rubble of the demolished Edinburgh tenement

Tiny footprints in Gustav's room put her on the trail of a naughty Indian monkey

fantastic urban towers

It's time to realize its potential

'For sheer inspiration read I Am Malala' SUNDAY TIMES

I loved every minute of it

Let’s lead it with the human edge

Children will be trying them out in no time

through the centuries

Protected by vast mountains and seas

As his cancer returns after a year of remission they face his last days