The Black Dress
Book description
'I barked out loud. Not since Freud has sex been more in bed with death. She gets sharper and more mordant with age and about age. This page-turner is like the best wakes, it will make you feel hungry and alive' The Times
'She really is the Nora Ephron of…
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Why read it?
1 author picked The Black Dress as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Often stories about female empowerment are about young women, but in this we meet - and grow to love - the feisty Pru, who is a woman of mature years. Dumped by her husband, she looks for ways to fill her time - and starts attending funerals in a stylish little black dress that she has bought in a charity shop. What could possibly go wrong? It sounds slight, but Pru is an engaging character and Moggach's comic touch is sure.