Diary of a Mad Housewife

Literature & Fiction

KAUFMAN, SUE

Literary

BANTAM BOOKS

Statistically speaking, 14 years is a long time to be married to anyone these days. Perhaps Emma Sohier was lucky to have chalked up that many. All seemed well until her "rough" year: the year her mother died and Emma herself landed in the hospital with FUO--fever of unknown origin. Her husband turned kinky, and her son started picking through New York City garbage pails.

Falling Bodies

Garden City, New York Doubleday & Co., Inc. 1974

The Master, and Other Stories [Jan 01, 1976] Kaufman, Sue

The Master, and Other Stories

Doubleday Co & Inc

Life with Prudence: A chilling tale

Joseph

A satirical comedy about a bored homemaker and her egotistical husband. Tina records in her diary the conditions of her everyday life as a housewife in New York City, with her nagging, climber of a husband Jonathan, and her two girls, aged nine and seven, who so completely take after him that Tina hardly recognises them as her own. As a form of therapy, Tina begins a secret diary. The self-awareness she gains propels her into a new set of experiences, most notably, an extra-marital affair. She discovers that this man is as hateful as her husband, but she has good sex for the first time since her early married days, and it gets her out of the house one afternoon a week.

Diary Of A Mad Housewife

Contemporary

Isis Large Print

The classic, bestselling novel of Central Park West ennui--and a seminal piece of urban women's fiction that remains influential today (Bridget Jones's Diary, et al)--back in print after many years Made into a major motion picture that garnered an Oscar nomination, Diary of a Mad Housewife is a classic of women's fiction that gave a wry voice to the nascent feminist stirrings of the 1960s and helped incite a revolution in the consciousness of a generation. After many years, this best-selling novel of Manhattan ennui is finally back in print. When Bettina Balser begins to suspect that she is going mad, she starts a secret diary as a form of therapy and escape. Her fears pour onto the page: Elevators, subways, bridges, tunnels, high places, low places, tightly enclosed spaces, boats, cars, planes, trains, crowds. . . . Through her observations of herself and those around her, Bettina seeks meaning in her exceedingly dreary life. Her frank examinations lead to many changes, including an extramarital fling, and her voice touches a timeless nerve, resonating on many levels--from the ever-evolving feminist consciousness to the gnawing existential search that is universal. Diary of a Mad Housewife's humor and insight are as alive and pertinent today as they were yesterday, and will charm and disarm men and women of any generation.

Diary of a Mad Housewife: A Novel

United States

Seal Press

Originally published in 1967, this fun and clever story follows Tina Balser, a sophisticated housewife who lives in Manhattan and seems to have everything—money, two beautiful daughters, and a husband who is a successful lawyer. When Tina begins to suspect that she is going mad, she starts a secret diary as a form of therapy and escape. Through the pages of this diary, her fears and neuroses emerge, as well as her sharp and hilarious observations of herself and those around her, which lead to many changes, including an extramarital fling. Originalmente publicada en 1967, esta historia divertida e inteligente sigue a Tina Balser, un ama de casa sofisticada que vive en Manhattan y parece tenerlo todo—dinero, dos hermosas hijas y un exitoso abogado por marido. Cuando Tina comienza a sospechar que se está volviendo loca, empieza a escribir en un diario secreto como una forma de terapia y evasión. A través de las páginas de este diario, sus miedos y neurosis surgen, así como sus observaciones agudas y cómicas de sí misma y de los que la rodean, lo cual conduce a muchos cambios, incluyendo una aventura extramarital.

Diario de una ama de casa desquiciada (Spanish Edition)

Libros del Asteroide

CAÍDA LIBRE (Spanish Edition)

Círculo de Tiza

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