Alan Bennett
One of Englandâ€™s finest and most loved writers explores the uncomfortable and tragicomic gap between peopleâ€™s public appearance and their private desires in two tender and surprising stories.,InÂ ,TheÂ Greening of Mrs. Donaldson,,Â a recently bereaved widow finds interesting ways to supplement her income by performing as a patient for medical students, and renting out her spare room. Quiet, middle-class, and middle-aged, Mrs. Donaldson will soon discover that she rather enjoys role-play at the hospital, and the irregular and startling entertainment provided by her tenants.,In,Â The Shielding of Mrs. Forbes,,Â a disappointed middle-aged mother dotes on her only son, Graham, who believes he must shield her from the truth. As Grahamâ€™s double life becomes increasingly complicated, we realize how little he understands, not only of his own desires but also those of his mother.,A master storyteller dissects a very English form of secrecy with two stories of the unexpected in otherwise apparently ordinary lives.
Fiction,Short Stories,Humor,European Literature,British Literature,Contemporary,Audiobook,Adult,Literature,Sexuality,Novella
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