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 Virginia Fly Is Drowning - Angela Huth
 Virginia Fly Is Drowning - Angela Huth ... woman's virginity becomes cause for a media circus. Satirical, funny, and powerful.Newest Review: ... in the characters and Angela Huth writes well and with great observational humour and dry wit. Virginia Fly is a woman who ... more ... seems lost in the modern day, her ways and dress more reminiscent of the Victorians. She is admirable in some ways, but pathetic in others. She is good at her job, but fails to sparkle at anything. She is unfulfilled and is apparently happiest when lost in a fantasy world.
Her parents are wonderful characters. Her mother is overbearing, dominant, house proud and a snob. When her daughter gains TV exposure, her mother invites the neighbours round to watch it with her, leading to the farcical situation of the neighbourhoo...more |
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Virginia Fly is Drowning
Pages: 189, Edition: paperback / softback, Paperback, Abacus Last Update 05.12.2009 05:43
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Virginia Fly Is Drowning - Angela Huth: Living Without Sex (699 words)
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I’m not sure where I picked up Virginia Fly Is Drowning by Angela Huth. I got it second-hand, so it might have been from a charity shop or an online book swap site. It’s not a very old book, my edition having been published in 1996, but it was first published back in 1972. The cover price on my paperback edition is £5.99. Amazon Marketplace has it available for 1p upwards! The idea for the story is a rather charming one. Virginia Fly is a thirty one year old art teacher who lives at home with her parents – her annoying mother and hard-done-by father. Her quiet life of anonymity is suddenly threatened when Virginia has her fifteen minutes of fame, when she is ... Read the complete review
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