"An agile novel written in a language perfectly pitched for the subject matter, a ruthless dissection of a fast decaying society"—José Saramago, Nobel Prize

A portrait of a wife betrayed, at first desperate to save her marriage but then intent on violent revenge.

An agile novel written in a language perfectly pitched for the subject matter' a ruthless dissection of a fast decaying society ''Jos Saramago' Nobel Prize winn

Pablo Borla's marriage is reduced to confrontations with his wife over their daughter's rebellious ways and his firm builds only repellent office blocks destroy

In this transcendent and infectiously wise memoir, Becky Aikman—a widow, too young, too modern to accept the role—forms an unlikely group with five other yo