by JennyDiski (Author)
Mimi, a fashionable but withdrawn woman, takes pity on a bag lady at the back of the cinema. In hospital, nurses name the old woman Bella and as they peel away layers of her clothing, so the layers of her life are narrated and we find that she is Mimi's mother, whose alienation led to destitution.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 13 May 1996
ISBN 10: 0297817094
ISBN 13: 9780297817093