The Woman Who Went To Bed For A Year by Sue Townsend
A suburban wife and mother, after a humiliating incident and mounting domestic pressures, crawls into bed and refuses to get up for an entire year, triggering chaos as her family, community, and the press scramble to manage her absence. Her silent protest exposes the absurdities of modern life—marriage, consumerism, bureaucracy, and media sensationalism—while mixing dark humor with compassion as those around her confront their own failures and secrets. The story is a wry, satirical exploration of identity, social expectation, and the politics of care.
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- 1999
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- British
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- Original Language
- English
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