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Hey, Yeah, Right, Get a Life by Helen Simpson, Helen Simpson is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Hey, Yeah, Right, Get a Life about?
Helen Simpson's third collection is a bold, honest exploration of the trials and the rewards of motherhood. 'Her stories are - for those who, like me, recognise the truth in every word - like a reprieve... Sharp, poetic and marvellously witty' Kate Kellaway, Observer Here are tales of a highflyer stuck at an interminable Burns Night celebration, increasingly aware of the babysitter waiting for her at home; an exhausted mother longing for adult conversation but whose son unwittingly precludes it; and a teenage girl whose fraught encounter with a harried mum of one brings newfound appreciation for her own capable mother of four. Most strikingly of all we meet Dorrie, whose efforts to calm her tinderbox of a family leave her struggling to contain her own emotions. Hey Yeah Right Get a Life is a singular achievement: relatable, perceptive and utterly poignant. 'It's a brilliant, painful, funny and courageous book' Esther Freud, Guardian
Who reads Hey, Yeah, Right, Get a Life?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Helen Simpson, Helen Simpson
- Publisher
- Vintage Books / Random House
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780099284222
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.7 / 5 (111 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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