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Mouthing the Words"Moving and comic at once. . . . Hallucinatory, hilarious, and haunting." Boston Globe By turns harrowing and hilarious, this adroitly narrated winner of the Toronto Book Award re creates the world in the imagination of Thelma. It's a world in which she can escape some of her more painful childhood realities, like those games her father likes to make her play, where he's the boss and she the naughty secretary. And her mother so fiercely favors her
"Moving and comic at once. . . . Hallucinatory, hilarious, and haunting." -- Boston Globe By turns harrowing and hilarious, this adroitly narrated winner of the Toronto Book Award re-creates the world in the imagination of Thelma. It's a world in which she can escape some of her more painful childhood realities, like those games her father likes to make her play, where he's the boss and she the naughty secretary. And her mother so fiercely favors her younger brother, the cherubic Willy, that Thelma finds herself perpetually in emotional exile. No wonder Thelma asks practically every adult she meets to adopt her. Along Thelma's bumpy way from a rural English village to Canada to a law degree at Oxford, she meets many potential parents and even makes some friends, but it is with the companions of her fertile imagination -- with the scaredy-baby Janawee, moody and timid Ginniger, and big, strong, stoic Heroin -- that Thelma finds comfort. With them, too, she loses an already tenuous connection to reality, though ultimately Thelma's spirit and humor prove to be as indomitable as her wit. "Prickly, unsentimental. . .a portrait of terrible comic humanity." -- New York Times Book Review "Mesmerizing. . . . Lush, visceral prose . . . rings with an authority rarely found in first novels." -- Washington Post Book World "A novel of astonishing power . . . . An instantaneous classic." -- Baltimore Sun "Elegant . . . sings with an almost Victorian delicacy and sophistication." -- San Francisco ChronicleBinding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 02/20/2002
ISBN: 9780786709663
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.53w x 0.61d
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★★★★★ 1
No funcionó después de las 72 horas es mentira
No funciona,no sirve nunca se agrandó ,está defectuoso y es una mentira este cojín
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Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Comfy back support for lounging
This lounger cushion is very comfortable and supportive and works great in the bed, on the couch, or even the floor when additional back support is needed for reading and other activities requiring you to be propped up.
The size is more suitable to small to average size persons. Larger frame people may find it too small for their needs due to the width and height proportions.
The cushion ships. Compressed into a small package and needs to be fluffed up a bit before use. The one I received expanded fairly quickly and was usable right away, but the instructions say to give it 24 hours to fully expand.
The built in handle makes it easy to drag around to different spots. It also has zippers that allow you to gain access to the inside in case you want to remove some of the fill to adjust the softness to your liking. I found the amount of fill to be perfect as is.
The is an excellent lounging pillow that feels well made, is comfortable, and attractive.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2024
★★★★★ 5
Solid addition to my bedroom for reading and watching TV.
I ordered this to add some additional comfort in my bedroom for watching TV and Reading. It was amazing how it arrived in a small box and within 2 days, it fully expanded to it's actual size. The cover does have a slight tolerable odor at first. It's not foul or anything, just something I noticed. The smell did go away mostly at the 3 day mark. If you don't like it, I would recommend putting it through the wash once before stuffing it with the Foam fill. The handle at the top has already come in handy with easily being able to move this around. This was a very nice feature of the pillow.
It's grey color blends well with my White comforter and sky blue sheets. This is now providing me with much needed back support and relief. I'm going to order 2 more of these, another one for the same bed and the other for my guest bedroom.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2024
★★★★★ 5
Very cozy!
I often sleep in on weekends and when I wake up, I stay in bed and watch some TV. I sit up with a pillow propped up behind my back so when I saw this I figured I'd give it a try. I remember having similar ones when we were kids way back in the '60s '70s but this new pillow contains small chunks of memory foam so it is very comfy. The amount of memory foam chunks can be managed by unzipping the well made bottom zipper and removing or adding more memory foam. Although it does not come with extra foam, it is really stuffed full after expanding. It arrives vacuum packed and when I took it out of the plastic it looked like a baby elephant! It does say to let it rest for 3 days occasionally fluffing it to get it to it's total fullness and it did take a couple of days to expand completely but it was well worth the wait!
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Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2024
★★★★★ 5
You cannot go wrong with this purchase.
Size: Queen (1 Count), Color: Crescent White
I bought this for my husband who was complaining about shoulder pain from rolling side to side nightly. He said the support is great. Quality made and comfortable, a great value for the money. Sleeps better and the company sends extra filling to adjust the thickness if you choose to.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2026
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