My Cleaner

Gee, Maggie

ISBN 10: 1846590086 / ISBN 13: 9781846590085

Published by Telegram Books, 2006

Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00083023768

Synopsis:

“My Cleaner is a moving, funny, engrossing book.”—The Observer
 
“Elegant, humorous and surprising, this is a classy performance.”—The Times
 
“Beautifully observed, intelligent and moving.”—The Scotsman
 
Ugandan Mary Tendo worked for many years in the white middle-class Henman household in London, cleaning for Vanessa and looking after her only child, Justin. More than ten years after Mary has left, Justin—now twenty-two, handsome, and gifted—is too depressed to get out of bed. To his mother’s surprise, he asks for Mary.
 
When Mary responds to Vanessa’s cry for help and returns from Uganda to look after Justin, the balance of power in the house shifts dramatically. Both women’s lives change irrevocably as tensions build toward a startling climax on a snowbound motorway. 

About the Author:

Maggie Gee is the author of The White Family (SAQI isbn: 978-0-86356-380-5), which was shortlisted for the 2002 Orange Prize for Fiction and for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2004. She is the first female Chair of the Royal Society of Literature.

Bibliographic Details

Title: My Cleaner
Publisher: Telegram Books
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good