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The sparkle pages, [written and] read by Meg Bignell

Label
The sparkle pages, [written and] read by Meg Bignell
Language
eng
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
not applicable
Intended audience
"Warning: contains strong language, sex scenes and fantasies about husbands unpacking the dishwasher"--Container
Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
The sparkle pages
Music parts
not applicable
Responsibility statement
[written and] read by Meg Bignell
Summary
'Is marriage just a series of texts about where the children are and whether we need milk until one of you dies?' Susannah Parks, wife, mother, cleaner of surfaces and runner of household, is a viola virtuoso. Except she hasn't picked up a viola for over a decade. She has, however, picked up a lot of Lego, socks, wet towels and other exhibits of mundanity. She has also picked up on the possibility that her husband has lost interest in her. (And frankly, she's not very interested in Susannah Parks either.) But this year, she has resolved to be very interesting. Also thoughtful, useful, cheerful, relevant, self-sufficient, stylish, alluring and intelligent. In her highly confidential diary, Susannah documents the search for the elusive spark in her marriage, along with all the high and low notes of life with her four beloved children, with her free-spirited (and world famous) best friend Ria, and with Hugh, the man who fills her heart with burning passion and her washing pile with shirts. And perhaps amid the chaos she might be brave enough to find the missing pieces of herself
Target audience
adult
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Narrator