The Sugar Mother
  • Published:
    Jun-1988 (Hardcover)
    Jun-1989 (Paperback)
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    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year: a witty and sophisticated classic by one of Australia's most daring and entertaining novelists.

Edwin Page, a fussy middle-aged professor, no sooner bids farewell to his obstetrician wife, Cecilia, who accepted a fellowship abroad, when his new neighbors, Mrs. Botts and her sexy, twentyish daughter, Leila, arrive. Since they're locked out of their house, Edwin invites them in-and then can't get them to leave. He becomes obsessed with Leila and convinces himself that she is a perfect surrogate mother for the childless Cecilia. "Wickedly amusing . . . subversive" (New York Times Book Review), The Sugar Mother undoes the institution of marriage.
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    • Jun-1989
    • HarperCollins
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0060915889
    • ISBN13: 9780060915889
    •  
    • May-1989
    • Penguin (Australia)
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0140115013
    • ISBN13: 9780140115017
    •  
    • Sep-2010
    • Persea Books
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0892553626
    • ISBN13: 9780892553624
    • First Edition
    • Jun-1988
    • HarperCollins
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0060159405
    • ISBN13: 9780060159405
    •  
    • Nov-2010
    • Persea Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0892554045
    • ISBN13: 9780892554041
    •  
    • Nov-2010
    • Persea Books
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0892553847
    • ISBN13: 9780892553846
    •  
    • Nov-2010
    • Penguin
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1742530117
    • ISBN13: 9781742530116



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