Fay Weldon
Novels


Growing Rich HarperCollins, 1992 First British Edition Not published in the U.S.
Fay Weldon's new novel is a turbine-driven fantasy of love and revenge, values and morals: a witty and compelling elixir. Bernard Bellamy has done a deal. He's sold out to the Devil, in all his forms. In return, he is promised that all his wishes will be granted, all his desired fulfilled. One of them, young Carmen Wedmore, is proving to be quite a challenge. Carmen, Laura and Annie live in the new town of Fenedge, East Anglia. They dream of the day they'll escape their dullsville existence. And who could blame them? For Fenedge, with its uniform nondescript boxes, is without substance, a tuning fork without a twang, one of an indeterminate number of towns tick-tacked on oases dotted all over the planet. Some more des res than others. The three girls' friendship begins to change after they leave school and each in turn begins the journey of their destiny. Some of their paths are shorter than others. Laura remains in Landsfield Avenue, marrying and capably moving the population graph a few notches higher; Annie flies with a fluttering, blipping heart to the snowcapped peaks and frothy rapids of New Zealand and the man of her dreams. Carmen stays in Fenedge, under the powerful clasp of Sir Bernard and Driver, the Devil's agent. Disguised as a suave chauffeur, Driver cruises in his plush shiny, sinister limo, stalking her every move. Why does her bust increase from size B to D; her legs elongate with endless elegance; a pulsating zit appear on the very tip of her nose at the most inopportune of moments? As Carmen's imbroglio continues, she becomes ever more determined to ride out the temptations laid in her path and not to sell her soul. But will she eventually succumb? Or will the Devil, for once, not have everything his own way? Bio from the book jacket: Fay Weldon was born in England and raised in a family of women in New Zealand. She took degrees in Economics and Psychology at the University of St Andrews in Scotland and then, after a decade of odd jobs and hard times, began writing fiction. She is not well known as novelist, screen writer and critic; her work is translated the world over. Her novels include, most famously, The Life and Loves of a She Devil (a major movie starring Meryl Streep and Roseanne Barr), Puffball, The Hearts and Lives of Men, The Cloning of Joanna May and Darcy's Utopia. She is married, has four sons, and lives in London.
GROWING RICH By Fay Weldon The novel of the original ITV serial Starring Martin Kemp John Stride Rosalind Bennett Claire Hackett Caroline Harker Director: Brian Farnham Producer: Roger Gregory Executive Producer: Brenda Reid AN ANGLIA FILMS PRODUCTION Front cover photograph shows Rosalind Bennett as Carmen and Martin Kemp as the driver.
Note: Made into an Australian television movie in 1992. See The Internet Movie Database.

Growing Rich
HarperCollins, 1992
First British Edition
Not published in the U.S.

Fay Weldon's new novel is a turbine-driven fantasy of love and revenge, values and morals: a witty and compelling elixir.
Bernard Bellamy has done a deal. He's sold out to the Devil, in all his forms. In return, he is promised that all his wishes will be granted, all his desired fulfilled. One of them, young Carmen Wedmore, is proving to be quite a challenge.
Carmen, Laura and Annie live in the new town of Fenedge, East Anglia. They dream of the day they'll escape their dullsville existence. And who could blame them? For Fenedge, with its uniform nondescript boxes, is without substance, a tuning fork without a twang, one of an indeterminate number of towns tick-tacked on oases dotted all over the planet. Some more des res than others.
The three girls' friendship begins to change after they leave school and each in turn begins the journey of their destiny. Some of their paths are shorter than others. Laura remains in Landsfield Avenue, marrying and capably moving the population graph a few notches higher; Annie flies with a fluttering, blipping heart to the snowcapped peaks and frothy rapids of New Zealand and the man of her dreams. Carmen stays in Fenedge, under the powerful clasp of Sir Bernard and Driver, the Devil's agent. Disguised as a suave chauffeur, Driver cruises in his plush shiny, sinister limo, stalking her every move.
Why does her bust increase from size B to D; her legs elongate with endless elegance; a pulsating zit appear on the very tip of her nose at the most inopportune of moments? As Carmen's imbroglio continues, she becomes ever more determined to ride out the temptations laid in her path and not to sell her soul. But will she eventually succumb? Or will the Devil, for once, not have everything his own way?
Bio from the book jacket:
Fay Weldon was born in England and raised in a family of women in New Zealand. She took degrees in Economics and Psychology at the University of St Andrews in Scotland and then, after a decade of odd jobs and hard times, began writing fiction. She is not well known as novelist, screen writer and critic; her work is translated the world over. Her novels include, most famously, The Life and Loves of a She Devil (a major movie starring Meryl Streep and Roseanne Barr), Puffball, The Hearts and Lives of Men, The Cloning of Joanna May and Darcy's Utopia. She is married, has four sons, and lives in London.

GROWING RICH
By Fay Weldon
The novel of the original ITV serial
Starring
Martin Kemp
John Stride
Rosalind Bennett
Claire Hackett
Caroline Harker
Director: Brian Farnham
Producer: Roger Gregory
Executive Producer: Brenda Reid
AN ANGLIA FILMS PRODUCTION
Front cover photograph shows Rosalind Bennett as Carmen and Martin Kemp as the driver.

Note:

Made into an Australian television movie in 1992. See The Internet Movie Database.

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