The Women In Black Madeleine St. John

Name: The Women In Black By Madeleine St. John
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The Women In Black by Madeleine St. John

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Summary

A classic novel about the women working in the ladies' frocks section of a department store in Sydney in the 1950s by the Booker-shortlisted Madeleine St. John

The Women In Black Summary

The Women In Black: 'An uplifting book for our times' Observer by Madeleine St. John

' A pocket masterpiece. A jewel' Hilary Mantel

On the second floor of the famous F. G. Goode department store, in Ladies' Cocktail Frocks, the women in black are girding themselves for the Christmas rush. Among the staff are Patty Williams with her wayward husband Frank, the sweet but unlucky Fay, faithful Mrs Jacob of the measuring tape, and Lisa, the new Sales Assistant (Temporary), who is waiting for the results of her Leaving Certificate. Across the floor and beyond the arch, Lisa will meet the glamorous Continental refugee, Magda, guardian of the rose-pink cave of Model Gowns.

With the lightest touch and the most tender of comic instincts, Madeleine St John conjures a vanished summer of innocence.

The Women In Black Reviews

The book I most often give as a gift to cheer people up -- Hilary Mantel * Guardian *
A delicious book. Funny and happy, it's like the breath of youth again -- Jane Gardam
This wry debut...focuses on the loneliness and ennui of three department store employees. These women, identically attired in black dresses that serve as uniforms, work in the Ladies' Frocks Department at Goode's, a store in Sydney, Australia. Each suffers from long-standing unhappiness revolving one way or another around the opposite sex...During the frenzied Christmas shopping season, each saleswoman indirectly confronts her problem and attains contentment * Publishers Weekly *

About Madeleine St. John

Madeleine St John was born in Sydney. She graduated from Sydney University in 1963 and lived in London for most of the succeeding years, until her death in 2006. The Women in Black is her first novel. She also wroteA Pure Clear Light (1996), The Essence of the Thing (1997), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Stairway to Paradise (1999).

Additional information

Sku

GOR004006749

ISBN 13

9780349123387

ISBN 10

0349123381

Title

The Women In Black: 'An uplifting book for our times' Observer by Madeleine St. John

Author

Madeleine St. John

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Little, Brown Book Group

Year published

20110602

Number of pages

208

Prizes

N/A

Cover note

Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

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