The Dream Mistress

The Dream Mistress

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Jenny Diski

Format: Hardback

Number of Pages: 224


Mimi, a fashionable but withdrawn woman, takes pity on a bag lady at the back of the cinema. In hospital, nurses name the old woman Bella and as they peel away layers of her clothing, so the layers of her life are narrated and we find that she is Mimi's mother, whose alienation led to destitution.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Jenny Diski

Format: Hardback

Number of Pages: 224


Mimi, a fashionable but withdrawn woman, takes pity on a bag lady at the back of the cinema. In hospital, nurses name the old woman Bella and as they peel away layers of her clothing, so the layers of her life are narrated and we find that she is Mimi's mother, whose alienation led to destitution.