A Five Year Sentence
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Humour & Comedy, General Humour, Fiction & Literature
| Author: | Bernice Rubens | ISBN: | 9781448210923 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | March 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Reader | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bernice Rubens |
| ISBN: | 9781448210923 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | March 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Reader |
| Language: | English |
'Miss Hawkins looked at her watch. It was two-thirty. If everything went according to schedule, she could safely reckon to be dead by six o'clock.'
But by the day's end, events have taken a dramatic turn and Miss Hawkins is sentenced to live. Forcibly retired, she is presented by her colleagues with a five-year diary.
Programmed since childhood to total obedience, Miss Hawkins slavishly follows her dairy's commands until the impossible happens – she meets a man. As a last reprieve from the horrors of loneliness she embarks on a determined full-scale mission to taste life's secret pleasures – and pains– until the cup runs dry…
'Miss Hawkins looked at her watch. It was two-thirty. If everything went according to schedule, she could safely reckon to be dead by six o'clock.'
But by the day's end, events have taken a dramatic turn and Miss Hawkins is sentenced to live. Forcibly retired, she is presented by her colleagues with a five-year diary.
Programmed since childhood to total obedience, Miss Hawkins slavishly follows her dairy's commands until the impossible happens – she meets a man. As a last reprieve from the horrors of loneliness she embarks on a determined full-scale mission to taste life's secret pleasures – and pains– until the cup runs dry…
