Résultats de "Fay Weldon" dans Toutes les catégories

Arthur och Mary vill ge sina familjer det de önskar sig mest - pengar och anseende. Han kommer från en engelsk grevefamilj på ruinens brant, hon är amerikanska; rik, vacker och på jakt efter en titel. Framtiden ser ljus ut, kärleken spirar. Men när händelser från det förflutna kommer upp till ytan förändras allt ... Fay Weldon (född 1931) är en engelsk författare som skriver med stor inlevelse, kärlek och humor om hur det är att vara kvinna. Hon har skrivit flera romaner och noveller men även tv-drama, kulturjournalistik och en självbiografi.

Tre tonårsflickor förs samman av tillfälligheter under krigsåren på 40-talet. De blir alla förälskade i samma man, Patrick. Så småningom gifter de sig och skiljer sig. Trots gemensamma älskare, stormiga äktenskap och skrikiga ungar överlever det viktigaste av allt: deras vänskap. Fay Weldon (född 1931) är en engelsk författare som skriver med stor inlevelse, kärlek och humor om hur det är att vara kvinna. Hon har skrivit flera romaner och noveller men även tv-drama, kulturjournalistik och en självbiografi. "En fasansfull och hisnande rolig bok.

Isabel Acre har ett bekvämt hem i London, ett gott rykte som journalist och man och barn. Men en dag kommer det förflutna i kapp Isabel: hennes uppväxt på den australiensiska landsbygden, livet på samhällets skuggsida i Washington och Fleet Streets sängar. Allt som Isabel lämnat bakom sig kommer tillbaka. Fay Weldon (född 1931) är en engelsk författare som skriver med stor inlevelse, kärlek och humor om hur det är att vara kvinna. Hon har skrivit flera romaner och noveller men även tv-drama, kulturjournalistik och en självbiografi.

Efter den så kallade Bridportskandalen fängslas ekonomiprofessorn Julian Darcy. På utsidan slår hans fru Eleanor mynt av skandalen genom att ge intervjuer i olika medier. I intervjuerna målar hon upp ett framtida jordiskt paradis med fred och kärlek. Pengar existerar inte och sex förekommer bara i undantagsfall. Samtidigt möts de båda journalisterna Hugo och Valerie när de ska intervjua Eleanor. Det visar sig att de ska bo på samma hotell ... Fay Weldon (född 1931) är en engelsk författare som skriver med stor inlevelse, kärlek och humor om hur det är att vara kvinna.

Liffey har länge längtat efter att bo på landet. Hennes dröm blir sann när hon och hennes man, Richard, hyr en pittoresk, rostäckt stuga i Somerset. Richard kommer att pendla från staden på helgerna och Liffey kommer att få en bebis. Det verkar som ett idealiskt arrangemang. Att vara gravid, bo på landet och vänta på att en man ska komma hem är inte lätt. Liffey börjar umgås med det bisarra grannparet Mabs och Tucker.

This is the story of the Honourable Guinevere Dilberne, daughter of Arnold, 11th Earl of Dilberne, Sandra Sinclair and Rita Boniface. Yes, that's right. Three parents. Or, in fact, four, if you wish to count Sandra's husband Clive. Though he played little part in it. It all begins with a loving couple, their interfering neighbour, a test tube and a turkey baster. These days, anything can happen....

Helen Lally is 22, the stunning daughter of an impoverished artist whose fame and fortune will soon be made. Woe to her for catching the eye of Clifford Wexford, a 35-year-old art dealer, rapaciously ambitious, eminently eligible and careless of all lives but his own. In the space of nine months in the ever-so-swinging '60s, Helen and Clifford meet, fall instantly in love, marry and produce the enchanting Nell. But there the want changes hands, as it will, time and again, in the course of this seductively high-spirited move.

Alexandra Ludd is an actress playing Nora in Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. In the eyes of the world she has everything a woman could want: husband, home, child, income, good looks, good friends, the plaudits of the crowd and the affection of neighbours. But Alexandra inspires envy as well as love: she was unwise to forget it, she was complacent, perhaps a little vain - and all fate has to do to bring her down is to snip a single strand.... 

Praxis Duveen is a survivor. At five years old, in 1920s England, she is still innocent, the product of an unstable mother and a flighty father who abandoned Praxis and her half-crazy sister, Hypatia. As the decades fly by, Praxis experiences many incarnations. Now, from her dingy basement apartment, where she's attempting to write a memoir, Praxis tells about the story of her remarkable journey - peppered with more than a few detours along the way.

How to be a reader - how to be a writer. All you need to know. Alice is an 18-year-old student and aspiring novelist with green spiky hair, a child of the modern age who recoils at the idea of reading Jane Austen. In a sequence of letters reminiscent of Jane Austen's to her own niece, 'aunt' Fay examines the rewards of such study. Not only is her correspondence a revealing tribute to a great writer - it is also an original and rewarding exploration of the craft of fiction itself. 

In Fay Weldon's 1983 classic, The Life and Loves of a She Devil, women fought men for power and won. In 2017 men take the ultimate step to get their power back. Ruth Patchett, the original 'She Devil,' is now 84 and keen to retire. But who can take up her mantle? Enter Ruth's grandson Tyler, a confident 20-something: beautiful, resentful and unemployed. Tyler won't be satisfied until he can transition into the ultimate symbol of power and status. A woman.

In Eden Grove leben lauter glückliche Frauen. Ihre Ehemänner sind erfolgreich. Sie haben muntere Kinder und das Familienleben ist ganz harmonisch. Eden Grove ist eine friedliche kleine Welt - aber nicht für alle. Es gibt zum Beispiel die unattraktive Ruth. Gattin eines Steuerberaters und Mutter zweier Kinder. Ruth ist loyal, und sie erträgt lange die sexuellen Eskapaden ihres Mannes. Aber es kommt der Punkt, an dem Ruth die Geduld verliert. Sie dreht den Spieß um und plant einen Rachefeldzug.

England, 1903. Lord Robert and Lady Isobel Dilberne and the entire grand estate, with its hundred rooms, is busy planning for a visit from Edward VII and Queen Alexandra just a few months a way. Preparations are elaborate and exhaustive: the menus and fashions must be just so, and so must James, the new heir and son of Arthur Dilberne and Chicago heiress, Minnie O'Brien. But there are problems. Little James is being reared to Lady Isobel's tastes, not Minnie's. And Mrs. O'Brien is visiting from America and causing trouble.

As the Season of 1899 comes to an end, the world is poised on the brink of profound, irrevocable change. The Earl of Dilberne is facing serious financial concerns. The ripple effects spread to everyone in the household: Lord Robert, who has gambled unwisely on the stock market and seeks a place in the Cabinet; his unmarried children, Arthur, who keeps a courtesan, and Rosina, who keeps a parrot in her bedroom; Lord Robert's wife Isobel, who orders the affairs of the household in Belgrave Square; and Grace, the lady's maid who orders the life of her mistress.

As 1901 comes to an end, there is much to be grateful for: The Dilberne fortune has been restored, and the grand Dilberne Court, with its 100 rooms, has been saved. Lord Robert's son, Arthur, is happily married to Chicago heiress, Minnie, who is pregnant and trying to come to terms with her new role as lady of the manor, and her charming but controlling mother-in-law, Lady Isobel. As Lord Robert and Lady Isobel get caught up in the preparations for the coronation of Edward VII, they debate the future of their recently orphaned niece, Adela.

Comedians Paige Weldon and Emily Faye don’t think hanging out at the mall should stop in adulthood. Join them and a guest each episode as they discuss mall memories from their youth, current day mall-going habits, and classic stores like Spencer’s, Wet Seal, and PacSun. Follow Mall Talk on Twitter and Instagram @malltalkpod. Photo by Mandee Johnson Photography @mandeephoto

"It was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring... except a clot of blood, creeping up from Ted's leg to his brain, to kill him as he slept..." Recently widowed Philly keeps dreaming of her dead husband Ted – strange dreams of a paranormal alternate reality: why is her new husband Robbie so interested in them? He works for a mysterious genetic research company called Portal Inc. But what exactly is Robbie's job? Did he seduce Philly by feeding her experimental new drugs? Was Ted's death intended? Such suspicions make Philly doubt her own sanity.