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Title: THE SPA DECAMERON
By: Fay Weldon, Sian Thomas
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1847243347
ISBN 13: 9781847243348
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Publisher: QUERCUS PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 5 March, 2008
Pages: 368
Description: Ten high-achieving ladies are gathered together in the week between Christmas and the New Year, at the Castle Spa, seeking - through Botox, aromatherapy and general all-round pampering - a new beginning to their lives. The ladies lounge around in the jacuzzi, drinking champagne and eating chocolate, and tell each other the stories of their lives.
Synopsis: Ten high achieving ladies are gathered together in the week between Christmas and the New Year, at the expensive Castle Spa, seeking, through Botox, aromatherapy and general all round pampering, a new beginning to their lives. The Ladies lounge around in the Jacuzzi, drinking champagne and eating chocolate telling each other the stories of their lives. Starting with the Trophy wife's tale: her spell in a Greek prison has left her in serious need of a makeover; the Brain Surgeon's tale: of twins and mistaken identity; the Judge's tale: of the sex change which allowed him to judge the pleasures of the bedchamber from both male and female perspectives. The manicurist, the public speaker, the journalist, the company director, the ex vicar's wife, the screenwriter, all share their stories, ending with the stepmother's tale, a reversal of Cinderella's fate, with the stepmother as victim...Sparkling, witty, always compassionate and occasionally libidinous, Fay Weldon's new novel recalls Boccaccio's late medieval masterwork, The Decameron.Boccaccio dedicated his book to the ladies of his time, who were forced to hide their amorous passions under a veil of discretion, while men were free to indulge theirs.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Quercus Publishing
Returns: Returnable
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A HARD TIME TO BE A FATHER (PB)
A PARTISAN'S DAUGHTER (CD)
ACTION REPLAY (PB)
AFFLICTION
AFFLICTION (AUD)
AFFLICTION (PB)
AFFLICTION (PB)
AFTER THE FIREWORKS (PB)
AFTER THE PEACE (CD)
AFTER THE PEACE (HB)
AFTER THE PEACE (PB)
AFTER THE PEACE (PB)
ANGEL, ALL INNOCENCE (HB)
ANOTHER VIEW (AUD)
AS THE CROW FLIES (AUD)
AUTO DA FAY
AUTO DA FAY (HB)
AUTO DA FAY (PB)
AUTO DA FAY (PB)
AUTO DA FAY (PB)
AXEL SCHEFFLER'S NURSERY RHYMES (CD)
BEFORE THE WAR
BEFORE THE WAR (HB)
BEFORE THE WAR (PB)
BEFORE THE WAR (PB)
BESTE FEINDINNEN (PB)
BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY (PB)
BIG WOMEN
BLOODSTONES (AUD)
CHALCOT CRESCENT
CHALCOT CRESCENT (HB)
CHALCOT CRESCENT (PB)
CHALCOT CRESCENT (PB)
CHALCOT CRESCENT AIR EXP (PB)
CLONING OF JOANNA MAY (AUD)
CLONING OF JOANNA MAY (PB)
CYFRES DWY GENHEDLAETH:4. RHYS JONES A CARYL PARRY JONES (PB)
DARCY'S UTOPIA
DARCY'S UTOPIA (AUD)
DARCY'S UTOPIA (PB)
DEATH AMONG THE DONS (AUD)
DEATH OF A SHE DEVIL
DEATH OF A SHE DEVIL (HB)
DEATH OF A SHE DEVIL (PB)
DEATH OF A SHE DEVIL (PB)
DOWN AMONG THE WOMEN
DOWN AMONG THE WOMEN (PB)
EAST OF THE SUN (CD)
EXPOSURE (AUD)
FAT WOMAN''S JOKE (PB)
FAY WELDON OMNIBUS
FEMALE FRIENDS
FEMALE FRIENDS
FEMALE FRIENDS (PB)
FLOOD WARNING (PB)
GODLESS IN EDEN
GODLESS IN EDEN (PB)
GODLESS IN EDEN (PB)
GOODBYE PICCADILLY (AUD)
GROWING RICH
GROWING RICH (PB)
GROWING RICH (PB)
HABITS OF THE HOUSE
HABITS OF THE HOUSE (HB)
HABITS OF THE HOUSE (PB)
HABITS OF THE HOUSE (PB)
HARD TIME TO BE A FATHER (PB)
HEARTS AND LIVES OF MEN (CD)
HEARTS AND LIVES OF MEN (PB)
HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY (CD)
HERZENSWUNSCHE (PB)
HOW TO BE A WRITER
HOW TO BE A WRITER (PB)
I LOVE MY LOVE (PB)
IKKE EN TR VL AT TAGE P (PB)
INTRIGERNA PA BELGRAVE SQUARE
KEHUA
KEHUA (HB)
KEHUA! (PB)
LADY IS A TRAMP (HB)
LAURIE AND CLAIRE (AUD)
LEADER OF THE BAND
LETTERS TO ALICE
LETTERS TO ALICE (CD)
LETTERS TO ALICE (PB)
LIFE AND LOVES OF A SHE DEVIL (PB)
LIFE AND LOVES OF A SHE-DEVIL (CD)
LIFE AND LOVES OF A SHE-DEVIL (PB)
LIFE FORCE
LIFE FORCE (AUD)
LIFE FORCE (PB)
LIFE FORCE (PB)
LITTLE SISTERS
LIVSKRAFT (PB)
LONG LIVE THE KING
LONG LIVE THE KING (HB)
LONG LIVE THE KING (PB)
LONG LIVE THE KING (PB)
LORD OF THE FAR ISLAND (AUD)
LOVE & INHERITANCE - BOX SET
LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP (PB)
MADAME BOVARY (PB)
MAGGIE SMITH
MAGGIE SMITH (CD)
MAGGIE SMITH (CD)
MAGGIE SMITH (CD)
MAN WITH NO EYES (AUD)
MANDEF LDEN (PB)
MANTRAPPED
MANTRAPPED (PB)
MANTRAPPED (PB)
MATILDA (CD)
MAXIMUM "U2" (CD)
MISCHIEF
MISCHIEF (HB)
MISCHIEF (PB)
MISCHIEF (PB)
MIXED DOUBLES (PB)
MOON OVER MINNEAPOLIS
MOON OVER MINNEAPOLIS (PB)
MOON OVER MINNEAPOLIS (PB)
MOTHER GOOSE'S ACTION RHYMES
MOTHER GOOSE'S ANIMAL RHYMES
MOTHER GOOSE'S BEDTIME RHYMES
MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY RHYMES
MOTHER GOOSE'S PLAYTIME RHYMES
MOUNT! (CD)
NOBODY LIKES ME (HB)
NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE
NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE (PB)
OVID'S ECHO (PB)
PERFECT LOVE (AUD)
POLARIS
POSSIBLE LIFE, A - CD (CD)
PR SIDENTENS BARN (PB)
PRAXIS
PRAXIS (PB)
PUFFBALL
PUFFBALL (PB)
PUFFBALL (PB)
QUESTION OF TIMING (PB)
QUESTION OF TIMING (PB)
READING GROUP (PB)
REMEMBER ME
REMEMBER ME (PB)
RHODE ISLAND BLUES
RHODE ISLAND BLUES (AUD)
RHODE ISLAND BLUES (PB)
RHODE ISLAND BLUES (PB)
SACRED COWS
SCANDALOUS RISKS (AUD)
SHE MAY NOT LEAVE
SHE MAY NOT LEAVE (PB)
SHE MAY NOT LEAVE (PB)
SHRAPNEL ACADEMY (AUD)
SHRAPNEL ACADEMY (HB)
SISTERS IN ARMS (CD)
SPA
SPA-GEFLUSTER (PB)
SPLITTING
SPLITTING
SPLITTING (AUD)
SPLITTING (PB)
SPLITTING (PB)
SPLITTING (PB)
SPLITTING (PB)
STEPMOTHERS DIARY EXPORT EDITION (PB)
THE ASTROV INHERITANCE (AUD)
THE BULGARI CONNECTION
THE BULGARI CONNECTION (PB)
THE BULGARI CONNECTION (PB)
THE CLONING OF JOANNA MAY
THE CLONING OF JOANNA MAY
THE CLONING OF JOANNA MAY (AUD)
THE CLONING OF JOANNA MAY (PB)
THE DEVIL IN THE FLESH (PB)
THE EPISTLES OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS
THE EPISTLES OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS (PB)
THE EPISTLES OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS (PB)
THE FAT WOMAN'S JOKE
THE FAT WOMAN'S JOKE (PB)
THE FAT WOMAN'S JOKE (PB)
THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY
THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY (PB)
THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY (PB)
THE HEARTS AND LIVES OF MEN (PB)
THE LIFE AND LOVES OF A SHE DEVIL
THE LIFE AND LOVES OF A SHE-DEVIL
THE LIFE AND LOVES OF A SHE-DEVIL (PB)
THE MERRYBEGOT (CD)
THE MISTLETOE BRIDE & OTHER HAUNTING TALES (CD)
THE NEW COUNTESS
THE NEW COUNTESS (HB)
THE NEW COUNTESS (HB)
THE NEW COUNTESS (PB)
THE NEW COUNTESS (PB)
THE PRESIDENT'S CHILD
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