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Gemma is the bored, pretty second wife of Charlie Bovery, the reluctant stepmother of his children and the bete-noire of his ex-wife. Gemma's sudden windfall and distaste for London take them across the Channel to Normandy, where the charms of French country living soon wear off.

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Truly original, witty and well-observed... A work of genius * Sunday Telegraph *
A tour de force of comic storytelling -- Roger Sabin * Observer *
Wickedly funny... This book is so good that one can hardly bear to reach the end * Daily Mail *
Hilarious... Gemma Bovery deliciously exploits Posy Simmonds' talent for observing, in words and in pictures, the absurdities of daily life among the aspiring metropolitan middle class at home and abroad * The Times *

Gemma Bovery

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/10/2000
      ISBN13: 9780224061148, 978-0224061148
      ISBN10: 0224061143
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Gemma is the bored, pretty second wife of Charlie Bovery, the reluctant stepmother of his children and the bete-noire of his ex-wife. Gemma's sudden windfall and distaste for London take them across the Channel to Normandy, where the charms of French country living soon wear off.

      Trade Review
      Truly original, witty and well-observed... A work of genius * Sunday Telegraph *
      A tour de force of comic storytelling -- Roger Sabin * Observer *
      Wickedly funny... This book is so good that one can hardly bear to reach the end * Daily Mail *
      Hilarious... Gemma Bovery deliciously exploits Posy Simmonds' talent for observing, in words and in pictures, the absurdities of daily life among the aspiring metropolitan middle class at home and abroad * The Times *

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