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The Fat Woman's Joke
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About the BookEsther Wells goes on a diet and the scales fall from her eyes. Depriving themselves of fatty foods, both husband and wife have new perspectives on each other, and the process is one of slow destruction of their marriage. Esther tells in flashback, from the depths of her basement apartment in Earls Court, the history of her marital disaster––in between her consumption of chocolate cake, tinned fruit, sweet sherry and a host of other high-calorie goodies. Funny, bizarre and painful in about equal doses, this novel, like Down Among the Women and Female Friends, examines the role of Womanhood. Reviews"Fay Weldon gives an acute, comical analysis of the ordinary acts that precipitate marital crises ('I tried to cook his omelettes in butter. He chose to see it as an act of agression!') and makes the much belavored 'role of woman' thng into a witty, crackling commentary."––Library Journal |
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