The Woman Who Went To Bed For A Year

The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year by Sue Townsend The
day her twins leave home Eva climbs into bed and stays
there. For seventeen years shes wanted to yell at the
world Stop! I want to get off. Finally this is her chance.
Her husband Brian an astronomer having an unsatisfactory
affair is upset. Who will cook his dinner? Eva he
complains is attention seeking. But word of Evas defiance
spreads. Legions of fans believing she is protesting
gather in the street. While Alexander the white van man
brings tea toast and sympathy. And from this odd but
comforting place Eva begins to see both herself and the
world very very differently. .