On the day her talented son and daughter leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there. She has had enough of her children's carelessness, her husband's callousness and society's indifference. Astronomer Brian can't believe his wife is acting like this. Who will cook dinner? Having taken what happened poorly, he calls Eva’s mother, but she is busy with her own hairstyle. And he calls his mother - she is not surprised. “Eva is probably drunk,” she says. “Let her sleep.” But Eva still doesn’t move. She makes new friends - window washer Mark and insanely charming handyman Alexander. She soon finds out that Brian is having an affair with another woman. And, to her horror, Eva realizes that everyone around her takes her for granted - and she thinks the same about herself! Although Eva's refusal to behave as an obedient wife and mother upsets everyone - from medical luminaries to neighbors - she continues to stay in bed. And from this strange but cozy place, Eva begins to see the world and herself in a completely different light... "The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year" is an ironic and heartfelt novel about what happens when a person does not want to be the one what is expected of him. Sue Townsend, the wittiest British writer of the last thirty years, has written a magnificent book that miraculously picks apart the life of a modern family. Translated by: LuStEditing: codeburger