A brilliant collection of personal essays from a quietly subversive writer. 'A work written with brio, Someone's Wife is hilarious and devastating, a sliver of New Zealand culture and history told through a single vibrant life and its entanglements...
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A brilliant collection of personal essays from a quietly subversive writer. 'A work written with brio, Someone's Wife is hilarious and devastating, a sliver of New Zealand culture and history told through a single vibrant life and its entanglements with others. Slouching towards Aotearoa, perhaps Burgess is our Didion, albeit less aloof, more gregarious and with better jokes.' Emma Gattey, Landfall. Cover -- Praise -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- PREFACE -- 1. WE'D BE CALLED WAGS NOW -- 2. THE TRUE STORY -- 3. THANK GOD WE MADE IT -- 4. THE EASIER VERSION -- 5. THE STALKER -- 6. TEACHERS' COLLEGE -- 7. GIRL ONE -- 8. THIS IS YOUR LIFE -- 9. LYON -- 10. TOBY -- 11. ST PETER'S COLLEGE -- 12. TEN CHRISTMASES -- 13. I KNOW THEM SO WELL -- 14. RE-ENTERING -- 15. TREES -- 16. LEONARD COHEN -- 17. AFTER ENID -- 18. ON BEING GAUCHE -- 19. TRAVELLING WITH LUCIE -- 20. HOMESICKNESS -- About the Author.
