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Axon Family Series

This series delves into dark, claustrophobic family secrets and the fraught relationship between a mother and daughter. With a humor that teeters on the edge of black comedy, it captures life's absurdities and the clash of personalities. The narratives explore themes of growing up, motherhood, mental health, and societal institutions. It offers a disturbing yet compelling look at what lies beneath the surface of ordinary lives.

Vacant Possession
Every Day Is Mother's Day. Jeder Tag ist Muttertag, Englische Ausgabe

Recommended Reading Order

  1. Every Day Is Mother's Day. Jeder Tag ist Muttertag, Englische Ausgabe

    • 212 pages
    • 8 hours of reading

    Hilary Mantel's superb story of suburban mayhem and revenge is sharp, merciless and unerringly hilarious. Barricaded inside their house filled with festering rubbish, unhealthy smells and their secrets, the Axon family baffle Isabel Field, the latest in a long line of social workers. Isabel has other problems too: a randy, untrustworthy father and a slackly romantic lover, Colin Sidney, history teacher to unresponsive yobs and father of a parcel of horrible children. With all this to worry about, how can Isabel begin to understand what is going on in the Axon household?

    Every Day Is Mother's Day. Jeder Tag ist Muttertag, Englische Ausgabe1
    3.6

  2. Vacant Possession

    Muriel Axon is about to re-enter the lives of Colin Sidney, hapless husband, father & schoolmaster, and Isabel Field, failed social worker & practising neurotic. It is ten years since her last tangle with them. There are still scores to be settled & truths to be faced.

    Vacant Possession2
    3.7