Книга: India Knight «Mutton»
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Clara Hutt is forty-six yean old and in pretty good nick, considering. She has kick-ass underwear, a large and loving family, and a healthy sense of what matters in life. Until Gaby moves in. Gaby's an old school friend of Clara who has just returned from LA. She may he a yoga mogul who lives off kale and speaks a made-up fantasy novel language, hut Gaby's no stranger to cosmetic surgery: she's almost fifty, hut looks thirty-six at most. What with Gaby, and Clara's son's leggy girlfriend, Sky, wafting around the house in her stripy pants, Clara starts to wonder if a little Botox, a little filler, a nip and a tuck, would be so verv wrong. Should she ignore the fear? Or is there another way to grow old gracefully - and how far is she prepared to go to find out? Издательство: "Penguin Books Ltd." (2013) Формат: 130x195, 240 стр.
ISBN: 978-0-241-95504-8 Купить за 610 руб на Озоне |
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India Knight
Infobox Writer
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name = India Knight
birthdate = 1965
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occupation = Journalist, Columnist, Novelist
nationality =
website = http://timesonline.typepad.com/india_knight/|
India Knight, born in 1965, is a British journalist and author born in
Biography
Knight was born to Michel Aertsens and his wife Begum
Knight, a native French speaker, lived in Brussels until about the time she turned nine. After migrating to the United Kingdom, she was educated at the
In addition to writing for and contributing to major British
After writing an article in "The Sunday Times" about her daughter's special needs, Knight was so inundated with e-mails that in October 2006, she launched a
Personal life
Knight lives in
Books
Fiction
* "My Life on a Plate" 2000
* "Don't You Want Me?" 2002
Non-fiction
* "The Shops" 2003
* "The Dirty Bits For Girls", editor 2006
* "Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet" 2007
Children's books
* "The Baby" 2007
References
External links
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/india_knight India Knight's column in "The Sunday Times"]
Источник: India Knight
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Mutton — Mut ton, n. [OE. motoun, OF. moton, molton, a sheep, wether, F. mouton, LL. multo, by transposition of l fr. L. mutilus mutilated. See {Mutilate}.] 1. A sheep. [Obs.] Chapman. [1913 Webster] Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. Sir H. Sidney … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mutton — (n.) flesh of sheep used as food, late 13c., from O.Fr. moton mutton; ram, wether, sheep (12c., Mod.Fr. mouton), from M.L. multonem (8c.), probably from Gallo Romance *multo s, accusative of Celtic *multo sheep (Cf. O.Ir. molt wether, Mid Breton… … Etymology dictionary
mutton — ► NOUN ▪ the flesh of mature sheep used as food. ● mutton dressed as lamb Cf. ↑mutton dressed as lamb ORIGIN Old French moton, from Latin multo, probably of Celtic origin … English terms dictionary
mutton — [mut′ n] n. [ME moton < OFr, a ram < ML * multo, sheep, of Celt orig. as in Welsh mollt, Ir molt] 1. the flesh of a sheep, esp. a grown sheep, used as food 2. Rare a sheep muttony adj … English World dictionary
mutton — n. 1 the flesh of sheep used for food. 2 joc. a sheep. Phrases and idioms: mutton bird Austral. 1 any bird of the genus Puffinus, esp. the short tailed shearwater, P. tenuirostris. 2 any of various petrels. mutton chop 1 a piece of mutton, usu.… … Useful english dictionary
mutton — a person viewed sexually by another The common meat1 imagery: The duke... would eat mutton on Fridays. He s now past it. (Shakespeare, Measure for Measure) A mutton was a prostitute, and a mutton monger was a profligate male,… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
