Author:Maria Roberts
Maria is twenty-nine years old. She is a single mother and lives on a council estate in Manchester. She's also a chronic day-dreamer. One day she'd like to marry a beautiful man with a huge income to look after her and Jack, her nine-year-old son.
The only problem is that her current boyfriend, Rhodri, a chickpea-loving vegan eco-warrior, has turned his back on career ladders. Neither does he believe in monogamy. And so Maria finds herself unexpectedly juggling one, two, three lovers . . .
When Damien, Jack's abusive father, who threatened more times than Maria cares to remember to kill her makes an unwelcome reappearance, she gets a wake-up call. Will Maria find a wonderful father figure for Jack by the time she turns thirty?
A surprisingly humorous memoir with heartbreaking and unexpected moments, Single Mother on the Verge is a seductive and extremely touching read.
Miracles are her business
—— Jodie FosterThe honest truth is that Tracy Hogg has provided me with more insight into the things that matter than anyone else.
—— Alain de Botton , Observer ReviewFascinating, revealing and bravely honest work...Anderson focuses on the much-maligned concepts of love, courtship and the intimacies of chastity
—— Paul Blezard , The WeekIn the course of this sexless year, she flirts, texts and (platonically) romps her way through innumerable encounters...however with Chastened you get what it says on the cover: no Sex in the City
—— Melanie Mcgrath , The ScotsmanChastened is more than fashionable dinky. One hopes that Anderson will write the novels that are evidently within her
—— IndependentMuch ado about nothing...but comic and honest piece written by Anderson herself
—— John Crace/Anderson , The GuardianThoughtful and insightful. Anderson manages to avoid the expected clichés and monotony by offering a considered combination of autobiography, psychology, feminist history, anthropology and sociology in her writing
—— Susan Swarbrick , Sunday HeraldThe elegant prose is meandering and poetic... [Anderson] imparts her wisdom with accessible and informative references
—— Immodesty Blaize , Guardianthis candid account.. raises questions from a world more shocked by 'chastity' than 'pole dancing'
—— Emma Hagestadt , IndependentThis honest account is a real eye opener
—— Star MagazineHeart-warming memoir which will strike a chord with women everywhere from the first page. If your love life is jaded and you want to turn things around, this will inspire you
—— The SunA bedroom confessional for the thinking girl, written with novelistic flair and offering that unbeatable diary-peeking thrill. Every woman will find herself here.
—— Stephanie Cross , Daily Mail[A] beautifully written memoir
—— Financial TimesA gifted storyteller with a mastery of Western literature, Nafisi knows how to use language both to settle scores and to seduce. Her family secrets pour forth in a flood of revelations of anger, humiliation and deceit
—— The New York TimesAn utterly memorable book
—— Guardian WeeklyAll readers should read it
—— Margaret AtwoodEnthralled
—— Susan SontagThis is a remarkable insight into a fascinating period of history, and a touching portrait of astonishing tenacity and integrity in the face of adversity that few in the Western world could imagine
—— Good Book GuideA balanced, lucid narrative; a rich, complex account of this crucial part of Iranian history
—— ObserverA powerful memoir of Nafisi's Iranian childhood, her mother and a homeland shattered by political revolution
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