Handyman by Penelope Mortimer
The Handyman by Penelope Mortimer. 1983 St. Martin's Press, first U.S. edition, 199 pages. The Guardian begins their obituary of Mortimer: "Penelope Mortimer, who has died of cancer aged 81, might not immediately be thought of as a feminist, but her nine novels all took up the cudgels on behalf of women - most notably The Pumpkin Eater. Published in l962, it was her fifth novel. With an exemplary spareness of prose, it tells the story of the emotional disintegration of a mother with numerous children, and of her husband's estrangement." Mortimer also wrote a controversial (at the time) biography of Queen Elizabeth. The Handyman was her last novel.
Condition: Jacket in good condition, creases on the back cover, book in VG condition.
"Phyllis wouldn't have called herself an imaginative woman but her love for her son made her ingenious."
The Handyman by Penelope Mortimer. 1983 St. Martin's Press, first U.S. edition, 199 pages. The Guardian begins their obituary of Mortimer: "Penelope Mortimer, who has died of cancer aged 81, might not immediately be thought of as a feminist, but her nine novels all took up the cudgels on behalf of women - most notably The Pumpkin Eater. Published in l962, it was her fifth novel. With an exemplary spareness of prose, it tells the story of the emotional disintegration of a mother with numerous children, and of her husband's estrangement." Mortimer also wrote a controversial (at the time) biography of Queen Elizabeth. The Handyman was her last novel.
Condition: Jacket in good condition, creases on the back cover, book in VG condition.
"Phyllis wouldn't have called herself an imaginative woman but her love for her son made her ingenious."