Fay Weldon's first novel, a sharp and witty parable of the way
people see themselves. For several weeks, Esther Sussman had lived
in a sordid flat in Earls Court. During the day she read science
fiction novels. In the evenings she watched television. And she
ate, and ate, and drank, and ate. She had not felt so secure since
she spent her days in a pram. It had been her husband's idea that
they should go on a diet. Together they would fight middle-age flab
and feel young again. It was the diet that had made Esther leave
home. The lack of food had made her see things very clearly and she
had looked at her life - the daily dusting, sweeping, cooking,
washing-up - and found it all pointless. She had not felt strong
enough for marriage, and so she escaped. From the fastness of her
Earls Court retreat Esther starts to recount the events leading up
to her revelation to her friend Phyllis. 'I suppose you really do
believe your happiness is consequent upon your size?' she asks.
Phyllis does; Esther does not and triumphantly sets out to prove
her point.
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