Sue Townsend, The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

"Nothing was true for long. In time, everything was deconstructed."

Sue Townsend, The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

"Alexander assured her, 'Eva, none of us know our children. Because they are not us."

Sue Townsend, The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

"She was alone.She missed him immediately."

Sue Townsend, The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

"She had always been comforted by confectionery"

Sue Townsend, The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year