Truth And Consequences Av Alison Lurie

<p><b>''Delightful... Her characters are, as always, wonderfully imperfect'' <i>New York Review of Books</i></b><br><br>Alan has changed because he''s injured his back. Pain has altered his appearance and made him glum, demanding and resentful. His wife Jane has to do everything for him - fetching, carrying, shopping, cooking, even dressing and undressing him. Sometimes she longs for escape.<br><br>Delia is a writer and researcher specialising in fairy tales - she is, in her own estimation, a ''Great Artist''. Her husband, Henry, manages her every need making certain Delia gets everything she desires including spectacular doses of adulation.<br><br>Can Delia coax Alan out of his grumpiness? Can Henry stop Jane feeling guilty? Can the two couples break out of their fixed roles?<br><br><b>''I am re-reading with enormous delight and greed. If you''re new to [Lurie], lucky you: marvellously astute comedies of social, moral and sexual manners, her witty exuberance is nothing short of inspir