A masterly comic novel deconstructing modern family life; on the day her children leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there.
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She\'s had enough, and her refusal to behave like a dutiful wife and mother upsets everyone from Brian, her husband, to the medical authorities and her neighbours, and then the strangest things start to happen.
A masterly comic novel deconstructing modern family life; on the day her children leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there