The day her gifted twins leave home for university, Eva climbs into bed and stays there. For seventeen years she's wanted to yell at the world, 'Stop! I want to get off'. Finally, this is her chance. Perhaps she will be able to think. Her husband Dr Brian Beaver, an astronomer who divides his time between gazing at the expanding universe, an unsatisfactory eight-years-old affair with his colleague Titania and mooching in his shed, is not happy. Who will cook dinner? Eva, he complains, is either having a breakdown or taking attention - seeking to new heights. But word of Eva's refusal to get out of bed quickly spreads. Alexander the dreadlocked white-van man arrives to help Eva dispose of all her clothes and possessions and bring her tea and toast. Legions of fans are writing to her or gathering in the street to catch a glimpse of this 'angel'. Her mother Ruby is unsympathetic: 'She'd soon...
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2016-07-03
Betyg 
Underhållande! Ett citat från en älskad barnbok här hemma, passar att beskriva handlingen med: "vad händer sen, egentligen". Tycker inte slutet gör historien rättvisa.
2014-07-05
Betyg 
Min förväntningar på boken var att den skulle bara rätt kul. Det var den inte, men meningen "Vid sovrumsdörren vände sig Barry om och log stort mot Eva. Hans mun liknade Colosseum fast utan katter" log jag åt.
2013-06-30
Betyg 
Så rackarns svårt att vara människa. En ömsint och rätt rolig historia om våra tillkortakommanden.
