What the grown-ups were doing: an odyssey through 1950s suburbia

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Intro; Half-title page; Other books by Michele Hanson; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; 1 The Trouble with Christians; 2 Mice and Peas; 3 The Burden of Always Being Right; 4 The Other Side of the Family; 5 Grandma's Enormous Tragedy; 6 The Wedding; 7 Moonface the Fibber; 8 The Carvery; 9 Naughty Jews; 10 Through the Hatch; 11 The Perils of Being a Blabbermouth; 12 Poor Toad; 13 Cannes; 14 Filth From London; 15 Grandma's Decline; 16 The Life of a Suburban Housewife; 17 The Outcast and her Dog; 18 Sub-standard Husbands; 19 The Nose; 20 The Road to Ruin; 21 The Coffee Bar Intro Half-title page Other books by Michele Hanson Title page Copyright page Dedication page Contents 1 The Trouble with Christians 2 Mice and Peas 3 The Burden of Always Being Right 4 The Other Side of the Family 5 Grandma's Enormous Tragedy 6 The Wedding 7 Moonface the Fibber 8 The Carvery 9 Naughty Jews 10 Through the Hatch 11 The Perils of Being a Blabbermouth 12 Poor Toad 13 Cannes 14 Filth From London 15 Grandma's Decline 16 The Life of a Suburban Housewife 17 The Outcast and her Dog 18 Sub-standard Husbands 19 The Nose 20 The Road to Ruin 21 The Coffee Bar 22 The Very Rude Man23 Two Deaths and a Close Shave 24 A Hole in the Head 25 Vulgar World 26 A German in the House 27 Rebels 28 Short Shorts 29 Pamela Has Had Enough 30 Art School 31 Debbie Katz's Shocking News 32 What the Martins Did 33 Lesley Goes Too Far 34 My Father, the Fornicator 35 Front Bottoms 36 The Boat Dream 37 Forced Feeding 38 Pamela Plans her Escape 39 Another Mad Family 40 Celia the Matchmaker 41 The Boyfriend and the Bomb 42 Ruislip Library 43 Life After Bill 44 Lesbians 45 Improved New World 46 Eze-sur-Mer 47 The Big Betrayal 48 Nurse Isabel 49 The Party50 Goodbye, Blow-waves Acknowledgements