A Very Easy Death - Patrick O'Brian HardbackLong considered one of Simone de Beauvoir's masterpieces, A Very Easy Death is a profoundly affecting, day by day recounting of her mother's final days after she is hospitalized following a fall. Though a devout Catholic, her faith is subsumed by her terror of death, and as her body fails, she clings to life with fierce, primal desperation. In depicting her mother's refusal to `go gentle' while her autonomy and dignity are taken from her, Simone de
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Three very different women are recruited to the mysterious Bletchley Park
From sumptuous dishes like Mary's best ever Lasagne Bolognese
accessible for a nervous cook and yet exciting for a more seasoned chef'
' Los Angeles Review of Books'We need not wonder at Wendy Cope's continued
heart-stopping action
enthusiastic and witty
Behaving erratically and tortured by spiralling thoughts
including Just-Add-Water Pancakes and ChilaquilesDinnertime feasts
Mammals such as the wild boar
They were all experienced climbers and alone when they died