Jenny Eclair writes comic novels and memoir about ageing, families, resentment and the untidy private lives behind respectable appearances. Life, Death and Vanilla Slices brings several women together around illness, family history and long-held grievances, while Moving follows the sale of a family home and the memories attached to its rooms. Older and Wider turns to memoir through midlife, menopause, work and changing attitudes to the body. Eclair's fiction uses multiple viewpoints, sharp dialogue and dark humour rather than cosy domestic reassurance, and her autobiographical writing keeps the same willingness to describe embarrassment and irritation plainly. Her books fit contemporary women's fiction, family drama, humorous memoir and middle-age life writing. Read more Less
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