The Black Dress

I barked out loud. Not since Freud has sex been more in bed with death. She gets sharper and more mordant with age and about age. Thank goodness. This page-turner is like the best wakes, it will make you feel hungry and alive. * The Times *
As ever with Moggach, the joy is in her witty observations of middle-class life and bracingly tart portrayal of family relationships * Daily Mail *
A darkly funny novel about betrayal, loneliness and the surprising pleasure of being single again * Good Housekeeping *
With dry wit and observation, Moggach tackles the perils of ageing with brutal honesty * Daily Express *
Perceptive and devastating * Daily Mirror *
A delightful black comedy full of later-life misadventures * Best *
She really is the Nora Ephron of North London. Such a deceptively light touch, and so funny about the indignities of getting old and all our little vanities * Clare Chambers *
Moggach is always funny, perceptive and very contemporary * Philippa Perry *
I love clever books that make me laugh. Deborah Moggach, queen of social comedy, is on top form in The Black Dress. Superb * Cathy Rentzenbrink *
Princess of the deliciously dark * Mel Giedroyc *
‘Moggach tackles the perils of ageing with honesty and wit’ * Sunday Express *
‘Both a delicious piece of mischief and a serious exploration of the ‘howling loneliness’ of the deserted older woman … [Moggach is] the most frank, unpretentious writer, always on the side of fun’ * Saga *

Deborah Moggach, OBE, is a British novelist and an award-winning screenwriter. She has written twenty novels, including Tulip Fever, These Foolish Things (which became the bestselling novel and film THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL), and The Carer. She lives in London.

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