Part of Series
Lamenting the decline in all crucial welfare services during ten years of Thatcher rule, the author warns that this dream may fast becoming a Conservative nightmare. Townsend's anecdotes are a highly personal testimony to the Welfare State and the principles which underlie the concept of "welfare". Contains: Introduction—The Quick Birth—What Katie Does—Tales Out of School — 1975: Gary, Daz and Craig—Taking The Bottles Back—Monitoring the Heart—Community Care—The Fiddler on the Train” — The Paupers’ Funerals—Mr Smith’s privatised penis
Author
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information. Susan Lillian "Sue" Townsend was a British novelist, best known as the author of the Adrian Mole series of books. Her writing tended to combine comedy with social commentary, though she has written purely dramatic works as well. She suffered from diabetes for many years, as a result of which she was registered blind in 2001, and had woven this theme into her work.
