Contents
Eleanor Darcy is interviewed by Hugo Vansitart
Valerie Jones is surprised by Joy
From Valerie Jones’ first interview with Eleanor Darcy
Valerie gets one or two things wrong
Valerie stops work to listen to Hugo’s tape
Apricot loses one mother and gains another
Valerie Jones returns to ask further questions of Eleanor Darcy
Valerie and Lou manage a conversation
Apricot Smith marries Bernard Parkin
Eleanor Darcy speaks to Hugo, and Valerie listens
Bernard and Ellen’s Catholic months
Valerie’s garden interview with Eleanor Darcy
Valerie ventures out of the Holiday Inn
Ellen’s Marxist years with Bernard
Valerie receives a letter from Eleanor Darcy
Ellen’s Marxist life with Bernard comes to an end
Hugo’s restaurant interview with Eleanor Darcy
Valerie meets her lover’s wife
Bernard’s encounters with Nerina
Hugo’s further interview with Eleanor Darcy
Brenda finds Ellen in a state of enchantment
A taped telephone interview between Valerie and Eleanor
Transcript of a Hugo/Eleanor tape
Valerie sits up in bed and listens to tape
Eleanor goes to visit Jed and Prune
Hugo and Eleanor walk down to the end of the garden
Chapter 1: Wanda, Scarlet and Byzantia
Chapter 4: Scarlet is Brought to Bed
Chapter 6: Problems and Solutions
Chapter 8: Scarlet Goes to Market
Chapter 3: So Let Us Begin With – A Burst of Radioactivity
Chapter 4: Breakfast at the Hôtel de Ville
Chapter 5: Mother’s Got a Headache
Chapter 7: Trying to Get Through
Chapter 9: Scene in a Car Park
Chapter 10: A Summons from Afar
Chapter 11: Return of the Citronellas
Chapter 12: So, Starlady Sandra
Chapter 14: Under the War Memorial
Chapter 15: Lying in the Shade
Chapter 16: Truth Being Stranger Than Fiction
Chapter 17: Chew You Up and Spit You Out
Chapter 18: Tell Me About Your Wife
Chapter 19: Where Will We Live?
Chapter 24: A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
I: Alison’s Story: A Libation of Blood
II: Jennifer’s Story: Come On, Everyone!
I Do What I Can and I Am What I Am
The Search for Mother Christmas
Delights of France or Horrors of the Road
Christmas Lists – A Seasonal Story
The Bottom Line and the Sharp End
Oh Mary Don’t You Cry Any More
Chapter 1: Edwin’s Divorce Petition
Chapter 2: The Velcro That Is Marriage
Chapter 3: Lady Rice’s Sea Of Sorrow
Chapter 4: Initial Transformations
Chapter 8: Anthea In The Linen Room
Chapter 11: Alimony As Justice
Chapter 12: The Perforated Personality
Part 2: An Attempt At Diversion
Chapter 2: The Wicked And The Good
Chapter 3: Tully Toffener And His Powers
Chapter 4: Welcome To Our Wonderful World
Chapter 5: No Grand-Daughter Of Mine
Chapter 9: Sara Attempts To Visit Her Grandmother
Chapter 10: Scenes From Wendy’s Life
Chapter 11: A Property Worth Having
Chapter 13: Lady Rice On Her Alter Egos
Chapter 14: A Curse From The Past
Chapter 15: An Unbelievable Narrator
Chapter 1: Angelica First Brings Edwin Home
Chapter 2: How They Told Edwin’s Father
Chapter 4: Lady Rice, One Year Into Her Marriage
Chapter 5: Lady Rice, Three Years Into Her Marriage
Chapter 6: Lady Rice, Eight Years Into Her Marriage
Chapter 7: Trouble In The Group
Chapter 10: Morituri Te Salutant
Chapter 2: A Gust Of Chilly Wind
Chapter 7: A Short Visit To Mrs White
Part 5: Una’s Happy Boys And Girls
12 – The Cloning of Joanna May