Poor Cow : A Virago Modern Classic Paperback / softback
by Nell Dunn
Part of the Virago Modern Classics series
Paperback / softback
Description
THE BESTSELLING NOVEL BY NELL DUNN'Her art is ignited by voice . . . as you hear it, is unquestionable' ALI SMITH, GUARDIAN 'Touching, truthful and fresh' MARGARET DRABBLE 'Nell Dunn's hilarious, heartbreaking Poor Cow, about a single mother in sixties London' PARIS REVIEW Joy - also called Blossom, Sunshine and Blondie by the men in her life - walks down Fulham Broadway carrying her week-old baby, Jonny.
She is twenty-one with bleached hair, high suede shoes and a head full of dreams.
Her husband Tom is a thief and on the proceeds of a job they move to a luxury flat - 'the world was our oyster and we chose Ruislip'.
Then Tom is sent to prison, leaving Joy and Jonny to move in with Auntie Emm.
This is Joy's story: an exuberant, pink-lipsticked, tale of London life, love and young motherhood in the sixties . . . Poor Cow explores the life of a young working-class girl in the swinging sixties as she navigates the consequences of her decisions.
Nell Dunn's 1967 novel was also made into a film directed by Ken Loach.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication Date:01/08/2013
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- ISBN:9781844089819
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication Date:01/08/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9781844089819
